May 2025 TVUSD Good Governance Report Card

Dr. Melinda Anderson: 

Continuing to prioritize fiscal responsibility and fairness, for example board trustee travel following the same rules and guidelines as all district staff, consulting attorneys as a final step in policy creation to minimize unnecessary costs while focusing on legal policy-making. At times Dr. Anderson fails to appropriately agendize or manage aspects of meetings, including the occasional off-handed remarks, which negatively impact her professionalism scoring. Overall she continues to manage a difficult group of adults better than her predecessors.

Emil Barham: 

Comes to meetings prepared, understands financial matters well and the current budget issues, especially the need for bonds to fund facilities improvements. He continues to advocate for community involvement and seeks out feedback and input from the public and a variety of sources. He communicates a desire to avoid wasteful and unnecessary policies, recognizing many board priorities are in existing policies, however he continues to get distracted by minor issues that are better handled at school sites or by district staff. He keeps adding more committees and sub-committees that aren’t essential to the job of trustee.

Dr. Joseph Komrosky: 

May was a bad month for Joe who behaved unprofessionally, elitist, reckless, and seemed to come to meetings completely unprepared, asking inappropriate, unrelated, and embarrassing questions that only added time to meetings, not adding value. He was just as bad if not worse on social media, posting irresponsible posts and promoting more hate speak and untruths, focusing on issues that have nothing to do with his role as trustee.

Jen Wiersma: 

As the second most senior member of the board, it is surprising how unprepared she is at meetings and confused about her role.  She does not understand the fundamentals of district functions, funding, or her own job. She repeatedly asks irrelevant questions or brings up irrelevant points in important policy discussions during meetings, often losing track of what they are voting on and asking for clarification. Then she fails to vote on routine matters - that she has voted on in the past - because she doesn’t understand them now. Her social media is irresponsible, inappropriate, and frequently contains content that has nothing to do with the job of trustee and violates the rules that govern trustee accounts,

Steve Schwartz: 

Continues to focus on his 3 priorities of students, staff and saving money, supporting responsible policies and decisions (such as curtailing board travel for training and opting for online) as well as voicing opposition to unnecessary and excessive use of expensive legal resources. He has been pulled into the weeds too often, voting for additional subcommittees that don’t seem to advance board business or directly fall under the role of trustee. He has been respectful and professional with fellow board members, even when they are not behaving as such. 

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