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."
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.
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."
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.
"Total School Solutions is actually a company that Mr. Dunning referred me to because he trusts them. And it just so happens that Hacienda La Puente Unified, which LACOE often referenced, hired this same company."Tina Fredericks, email to Scott Harden, November 30, 2025 (CPRA 26-084)
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."
"I think it would be best to not mention our discussions to the superintendent and let her own the process."Tahir Ahad, TSS President, email to Tina Fredericks, December 1, 2025
Fredericks votes YES to retain Total School Solutions as the consolidation consultant at $233,300.
Fredericks votes YES to formally authorize the SCAC consolidation advisory process outcomes.
Colorado Boulevard publishes its investigative report. The report includes Fredericks' public description of the process as "transparent and unbiased with no predetermined outcome."
↗ Colorado Boulevard: Inside the PUSD Consolidation Plan, May 11, 2026 ↗ Pasadena Now: Board to Install Tina Fredericks as President Amid Fiscal Crisis ↗ Colorado Boulevard: Tina Fredericks and Lisa Kroese Contrasting Leadership Styles and Priorities