Tina Fredericks

Campaigns for $900M Bond — Including $77.5M for Blair and $23.8M for Marshall

Fredericks writes a public op-ed urging Pasadena voters to approve Measure R, a $900 million general obligation bond to "repair and modernize" PUSD schools. The Measure R Five-Year Bond Program Plan includes $77,484,500 for Blair High School renovations (scheduled June 2029) and $23,783,843 for Marshall Fundamental — the two high school campuses she would begin privately planning to close less than a year later. Measure R passes with 65% voter approval.

Consolidation 2027 Presentation Prepared

Fredericks prepares a presentation titled "Consolidation 2027" before any public process is announced, before TSS is hired, and before any community input. In an October 30 email to Trustee Velázquez, she describes it as "not intended for the public but as a visual aid."

Email to Trustee Kenne

Fredericks emails Trustee Kenne: "Can you send me the documentation from previous consolidations which would show examples of which positions would be duplicative? Can you send those by Monday please?" TSS had not been hired. No public process existed.

Consolidation 2027 Deck Emailed to Velázquez

Fredericks emails the "Consolidation 2027" presentation to board member Dr. Yarma Velázquez, describing it as "not intended for the public but as a visual aid." She writes that she "has been working on [the presentation] for several weeks."

Asks TSS for Friendlier Language; TSS Advises Shielding Communications

Fredericks emails TSS at 5:17 AM asking: "Has this process ever been called Consolidation and Programmatic Study or something to that effect? Just trying to speak to a balance in messaging - the positive part should be an improvement in educational programs. I saw that Hacienda La Puente called theirs a 'Reconfiguration.' This term feels slightly friendlier."

TSS Executive Vice President Joseph Pandolfo responds at 5:30 AM: "Since all emails to TSS are discoverable with a Freedom of Information Request, you may wish to consider getting Sarine involved in communications about this subject which would allow the communication to be protected by attorney client privilege." (Sarine Abrahamian is PUSD's outside attorney at Orbach, Huff & Henderson.)

TSS President Tahir Ahad also responds, suggesting the title "Enrollment Projections & Facilities Use Analysis" to "initiate the process and it could be expanded later as data dictates."

TSS Sends Draft Board Resolution

Ahad emails Fredericks a draft board resolution, "Pasadena Board item.docx", with the note: "Please review and modify as needed." The board vote on the resolution will not occur for another three weeks.

TSS Sends Sample Equity Impact Analysis

Pandolfo emails Fredericks and Velázquez a sample Equity Impact Analysis report TSS prepared for Inglewood USD in 2024–25, explaining: "The 'draft' becomes final once the District accepts public comment and responds the public comment."

Fredericks Adds Harden to TSS Meeting; Cites Brown Act Limit

Fredericks emails TSS adding Harden to the December 1 meeting. She writes: "Note, we are a 7 member board so this is as many board members we can have within the Brown Act." She also schedules the meeting around her Dec 3 conversation with the superintendent about the agenda: "I will likely be discussing the agenda with the Superintendent on the morning of Wed. Dec 3, 2025. If we can firm up the drafts by then, that would be ideal."

AB 1912 Memo Forwarded to Harden

The night before a TSS meeting, Fredericks forwards Superintendent Blanco's AB 1912 memo marked "Attorney Client Privilege" and addressed to district counsel to Scott Harden, writing: "If you want to know what Dr. Blanco is thinking about school consolidation, she lays it out plainly in the attachments." In the same email, she writes that TSS was referred to her by "Mr. Dunning" connected to LACOE.

Email Exchange with TSS President Ahad

Emails show Fredericks in contact with TSS President Tahir Ahad before his firm was formally contracted. Ahad recommends she use "School Reconfiguration" rather than "closures," and writes: "I think it would be best to not mention our discussions to the superintendent and let her own the process."

YES TSS Contract (5–2)

Fredericks votes YES to retain Total School Solutions as the consolidation consultant at $233,300.

YES SCAC Desired Outcomes (5–2)

Fredericks votes YES to formally authorize the SCAC consolidation advisory process outcomes.

Colorado Boulevard Reports on Pre-Contract Coordination

Colorado Boulevard publishes its investigative report. The report includes Fredericks' public description of the process as "transparent and unbiased with no predetermined outcome."

Leaves the Marshall Commencement Without Speaking

Scheduled to speak and present diplomas at the Thurgood Marshall Secondary School commencement, Fredericks walks around outside the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and leaves. Trustee Patrice Marshall McKenzie presents the diplomas. Fredericks also does not attend Blair High School's graduation.

Resolution 2894 Adopted

The Board adopts Resolution 2894, "Resolution to Initiate a District Transformation Process." It directs the Superintendent to present enrollment, capacity and staffing data and calls for community engagement sessions, with student input prioritized.

Sues to Stop the Recall

Fredericks files a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court asking the court to bar county election officials from approving and circulating the recall petition. Her original filing includes 124 unidentified "Doe" parties, matching the number of residents who signed the notice of intention to recall. More on the lawsuit →

Asks for the Pros and Cons of a Consolidation Decision by November 19

Writing to Superintendent Blanco and facilitator Natalia Guerra about planning the August 6 and August 13 meetings under Resolution 2894, Fredericks names the timeline as what the resolution leaves open.

Proposes Meeting Superintendents Who Closed Schools

Fredericks asks Superintendent Blanco about the two of them meeting with superintendents from other districts that have done consolidation, before or at their July 17 planning meeting. Dr. Blanco replies that she has consolidated schools in PUSD "three other times, three different ways," and that she asked to bring forward visioning:

Recall Committee Names Co-Chairs

The Committee to Protect PUSD Schools, Recall Fredericks and Harden announces former PUSD Superintendent Dr. Brian McDonald and Teamsters Local 986's Michael Leon as campaign co-chairs.

Drops the 124 "Doe" Defendants

After public condemnation for suing her own constituents, Fredericks files an amended petition that drops the 124 recall signers she had named as "Doe" defendants. She calls it a paperwork snafu.

Joins a Board Meeting From an Undisclosed Location

Fredericks joins a special board meeting by teleconference from a location that appeared to be behind a locked gate and inaccessible to the public. The agenda omitted a unit number and was not posted at the site.

District Lawyers: "A Mistake Was Made"

Responding to a September 7 cure and correct demand, the district's outside counsel acknowledges that "a mistake was made regarding President Fredericks' remote attendance," and that "a technical violation may exist." More →

Judge: Petition Does Not State a Valid Basis for Relief

At the Trial Setting Conference, Judge Tiana J. Murillo finds Fredericks again failed to serve notice on Los Angeles County, calls the challenge moot because the recall petition is already circulating, and indicates her petition does not state a valid basis for relief. The conference is reset to December 1, 2026. Case No. 26STCP02505.