March 2025: TVUSD Good Governance Report card
1TVPAC Team
March 2025 Report Card Comments
Dr. Melinda Anderson:
While Dr. Anderson continues to show fiscal responsibility (e.g. not wanting to incur attorney expenses), putting students first, and focus on keeping meetings and the work of trustees on track and efficient, she underperformed in March.
She comes to the meeting unprepared to present (subcommittee reports, sensitive topics report) and continually questions basic rules of running a meeting, ex. overusing consensus when board voting should be conducted. The professionalism and civility of trustees is worse at meetings, with Dr. Anderson contributing vs. improving it. She brought national politics/party affiliation and religion into the boardroom (not appropriate for a non-partisan position conducting business).
Dr. Anderson needs to keep her focus on the business of the board and ignore/minimize culture wars, infighting and spending excess time on issues outside the scope of trustee work.
Emil Barham:
Still showing responsible leadership and focusing on students, schools, fiscal responsibility, and engaging with and listening to the public/stakeholders. His grade dropped this month due to focus on areas outside the scope of the job; bringing religion into board room and online activity, arguing and speaking on board matters on instagram posts, overuse of subcommittees, state politics. He has also struggled with professionalism; devolving into online bickering with Jen and pulling focus away from trustee work.
Jennifer Wiersma: Continues to put forth attention-seeking agenda items, pulls focus away from the real work of the trustee and does nothing to help students. Appears disengaged during the actual business portions of the meeting, e.g. budgeting and didn’t contribute to committee reports at either meeting. She still doesn’t understand the job of trustee nor comes to meetings prepared, focusing on culture wars and personal agendas vs. the work of improving student achievement.
Dr. Joseph Komrosky: Too many reasons to list for Dr. K receiving an F: complete lack of understanding of the job of trustee, wastes time in meetings on issues that could be handled via email (water bill), comes to meetings unprepared (committee reports), spreads misinformation and lies, and spends time and money on culture war issues (supporting AB89) and personal pet projects that don’t help students or schools (electronic voting, use of attorneys). His conduct continues to open himself and TVUSD to lawsuits, while trying to get the district to pay his personal legal bills. Inappropriate use of social media that he defends, wasting more time and money. He is still rude and disrespectful to other trustees, especially Dr. Anderson as he corrects her while running the meeting, often he’s wrong in his corrections (still doesn’t know how to run a meeting).
Steve Schwartz: Remains professional and focused on students, schools and fiscal responsibility, usually not getting caught up in performative, culture war issues that do nothing to improve TVUSD. Unfortunately he did get caught up in resolution to support AB89, a strictly political & unnecessary board action that has no impact on student achievement or improving TVUSD. At times his subcommittee work with Mr. Barham is unnecessary and pulls district staff away from their jobs.
Grading Criteria:
Every month, we will publish the 1TVPAC Good Governance report card to evaluate TVUSD School Board trustees.
The grades are based on their behavior in the boardroom and outside (public events, training, social media, communication with constituents, etc.). The criteria include fiscal responsibility, given the upcoming budget shortfall, and the California School Board Association (CSBA) standards for effective trustees:
Keeps learning and achievement for all students as the primary focus
Values, supports and advocates for public education
Recognizes and respects differences of perspective and style on the board and among staff, students, parents and the community
Acts with dignity, and understands the implications of demeanor and behavior
Keeps confidential matters confidential
Participates in professional development and commits the time and energy necessary to be an informed and effective leader
Understands the distinctions between board and staff roles, and refrains from performing management functions that are the responsibility of the superintendent and staff
Understands that authority rests with the board as a whole and not with individuals.
