For the first LVUSD Board meeting in September of 2022, I went to the website to find out how to review the documents for the agenda but could not find them.  All I could find was a note that said the records were available for inspection at the district.  I emailed Kelly Beder & Ryan Gleason on Monday to request the documents, and I followed up again on Tuesday with Ryan Gleason, Kelly Beder, Maria Bergstrom, and Dan Stepenosky.  They ignored me, so I contacted a board member who requested the documents on my behalf, but the district still did not get them to me on time.  The district administration finally sent them on Wednesday, the day after the meeting, and the board member I reached out to showed me how to find the documents on the LVUSD website on Wednesday.  I filed a complaint with Board President Linda Menges because the district did not get back to me on time, and on day 9, I had to remind her to get back to me.  Menges responded that she mailed a letter to my house and attached a copy of the letter to the email.  Menges said the district was confused with my request and thought they had ten days to fulfill it.  Menges denied my request to make the documents available a week in advance.  These documents are buried on the website, and there is not enough time between Friday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon to review all records, so we can rally the community to contact board members to explain how we want them to vote.  LVUSD needs to be more transparent with their records; instead of saying they are available at the district, there should be a clear link that says "CLICK HERE FOR ALL DOCUMENTS about THE NEXT BOARD MEETING," and instead of 72 hours in advance, we need a whole week.  When I am elected, in the interest of transparency and accountability, I will lobby to provide the documents one week in advance.  



Las Virgenes Unified School District



Josh Alpert for LVUSD School Board 2022