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Newly released public records reveal Fredericks' private plan closes 7 campuses, eliminates Marshall as a high school, splits Blair's IB program, and proposes converting school sites to solar farms or selling them — while a Stanford brief finds school closures in California don't generate expected fiscal savings.

At a May 14 special meeting, multiple community members publicly demanded the resignations of Board President Tina Fredericks, Scott Harden, Kim Kenne, and Yarma Velázquez, citing Brown Act violations, undisclosed communications with TSS, and private deliberations on the school consolidation process. Sierra Madre Mayor Kristine Lowe threatened a formal recall campaign. The board adjourned into closed session with no reportable action.

Internal emails obtained through public records requests show Board President Tina Fredericks built a secret consolidation plan weeks before any public process, privately coordinated with consultant Tahir Ahad before TSS was hired, and participated in a series of private communications with fellow board members raising Brown Act questions.

Thurgood Marshall Secondary School leads PUSD in test scores, AP enrollment, and graduation rates yet remains a primary target in the district's school consolidation plan. A PUSD teacher and parent of Marshall graduates examines how a high-performing school ended up on the closure list.

At the April 27 SCAC meeting, TSS Executive Vice President Joseph Pandolfo conceded that his projected cost savings for each proposed school closure were inaccurate using wrong data and failing to account for $24.5 million in budget cuts already passed by the board in November 2025.

District 4 Trustee Scott Harden attended a Marshall PTSA town hall on school closures and drew criticism for his language and framing. The Marshall PTSA President responded that Harden's comments were not appropriate "coming from anyone, let alone a School Board Trustee."

As the SCAC consolidation process moves forward, concerns emerge over committee composition, equity implications for student reassignments, and data quality. Marshall outperforms John Muir by 24 percentage points for socioeconomically disadvantaged 11th graders in ELA yet remains under consideration for closure.

An analysis of how the enrollment thresholds in Resolution 2852 900 students for high schools are structured in a way that specifically targets Marshall Secondary, a 6–12 grade school, while leaving Muir and Pasadena High below the threshold. The board hired an outside firm for $233,000 to evaluate a process whose outcome the numbers already suggest.

The PUSD Board installed Tina Fredericks as board president, replacing Jennifer Hall Lee, as the district faces a projected $149.4 million deficit through 2028. The transition came weeks after LACOE formally warned the board of the fiscal crisis at a public meeting.