Pasadena Unified School District Boardroom
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education voted this evening to approve the Superintendent’s planning process for District Transformation and the potential consolidation of schools for the 2027–28 school year. The action aligns with Board Resolution 2852, Establishing Optimal School Sizes, adopted in December 2025.
By News Desk
The vote followed a Board presentation by Total School Solutions (TSS), a firm that specializes in supporting school districts through data analysis and district planning. The presentation outlined enrollment review methodologies, equity-centered considerations, and best practices for engaging communities in complex school planning processes. Board members emphasized that the approval initiates a planning and review process and does not represent a decision on whether school consolidations will occur.
The Board also approved a contract with TSS to begin work with the District. As part of the process, TSS will support PUSD in analyzing enrollment trends, facilities and student locations, program impacts, student demographics, operating costs, potential savings, and environmental factors. A comprehensive equity analysis will be a central component of the work.
In addition, the District will form a Superintendent’s School Consolidation Advisory Committee. The committee is separate from the Superintendent’s Facilities Advisory Committee and will focus specifically on supporting the metrics of AB 1912 and the overall consideration of school consolidation. Its work will include an equity impact analysis, as well as an emphasis on community engagement and transparency. After reviewing the data, the committee may recommend schools for consolidation or determine that consolidation is not necessary for the 2027–28 school year.
Community members interested in serving on the Superintendent’s School Consolidation Advisory Committee are invited to complete an application by Monday, February 9, 2026, at 5 p.m. The District will select committee members and send confirmation of membership by Thursday, February 12, 2026. The first committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 23, 2026, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Additional information about the committee is available on the District’s website.
“This work embraces the vision of PUSD to ‘transform education to empower students to succeed’ today and in the future, while centering on equity, transparency, and community voice,” said PUSD Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Blanco. “The presentation and Board action marks the beginning of a thoughtful and inclusive process, not a predetermined outcome.”
PUSD Board President Tina Fredericks highlighted the importance of public involvement moving forward. “The Board’s action this evening ensures this process is thorough, transparent, and informed by our community,” Fredericks said. “We encourage students, families, employees, and community members to stay engaged as this work moves forward.”
The District stated it will continue to provide timely updates and clear opportunities for community engagement as the enrollment review process progresses, maintaining a commitment to an open, transparent, and equity-centered approach that prioritizes students and community voice.
Hopefully you all at home weren’t playing a game where you take a shot each time you read the word “equity.”
They keep writing that word, but I don’t think it means what they think it means. When a PUSD school closes – and it/they will – how is that outcome “equitable?”
Bottom line: one or more schools will close. It’s not a matter of if or when, it’s how many and which. PUSD is in a bad way and the grownups at greater LA have them on probation due to years of mismanagement of funds.