What She Did

• Built a secret "Consolidation 2027" presentation in Fall 2025 — weeks before any public process — and told board member Velázquez it was "not intended for the public."
• On October 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM, emailed Trustee Kenne asking for research on "which positions would be duplicative" in a consolidation — months before any public process was announced.
• On November 30, 2025, forwarded a memo marked "Attorney Client Privilege" — addressed to district legal counsel — to Scott Harden the night before their TSS meeting, framing it as "what Dr. Blanco is thinking about school consolidation."
• Privately coordinated with Total School Solutions consultant Tahir Ahad before TSS was formally contracted in January 2026, undermining the independence of the hired consultant.
• Was advised by Ahad to use softer language: "School Reconfiguration" and "School Optimization" instead of "closures."
• Revealed that TSS was referred to her by an unidentified "Mr. Dunning" connected to LACOE (Los Angeles County Office of Education).
• Initiated the Brown Act daisy chain: serial private communications with fellow board members Velázquez, Harden, and Kenne about public business outside a public meeting.
• Publicly described the consolidation process as "transparent and unbiased with no predetermined outcome" — while documents show she was driving the outcome from the start.

The Memo

On November 9, 2025, Superintendent Blanco sent a memo marked "Attorney Client Privilege: AB 1912" to Orbach, Huff & Henderson attorney Sarine Abrahamian. Three weeks later, Fredericks forwarded it to Harden at 11:57 PM — the night before their TSS meeting — framing Blanco as a variable to be assessed: "If you want to know what Dr. Blanco is thinking about school consolidation, she lays it out plainly in the attachments."

Whether or not the memo was distributed to the full board, the use of it is the problem. Fredericks was treating the superintendent as an obstacle to account for, not a partner to work with — and doing so in private, the night before a strategy session with an outside consultant who had already been advising Fredericks for months.

The Brown Act Problem

California's Brown Act requires that a majority of a public body cannot discuss public business outside a properly noticed public meeting. Fredericks initiated a "daisy chain" — serial one-on-one communications that collectively reached a board majority:

• Fredericks → Kenne — October 10, 2025, 11:21 PM: private request for consolidation research
• Fredericks ↔ Velázquez — October 2025 email with private consolidation deck
• Fredericks → Harden — November 30, 2025: forwarded Blanco's privileged memo
• Fredericks ↔ Harden — texts about the consolidation resolution
• Harden ↔ Kenne — texts about the vote and post-vote amendments

Together, these exchanges involved a board majority discussing public business outside any public meeting — a textbook Brown Act daisy chain violation under California Government Code § 54952.2.

Voting Record

Schools on Her List

• Don Benito Fundamental School — cited "worst ADA violations," location "ideal for additional housing"
• Blair High School
• Thurgood Marshall High School — one of PUSD's only 6th–12th grade schools

↗ Source: Colorado Boulevard investigative report, May 11, 2026