While most school boards focus on budgets, classrooms, and student achievement, Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) finds itself in the middle of a political spectacle. Trustees Jen Wiersma and Joseph Komrosky, elected on an ideological platform, prioritized culture war crusades over legal, fiscal, and educational responsibility. 

Komrosky, Wiersma throw tantrum, refuse to approve revised parental notification policies, scream over board member comments and storm out of meeting

May2025 TVUSD Good Governance Report Card

The Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) Board of Trustees is set to convene on Tuesday, June 10, for a meeting heavy with policy revisions, budgetary maneuvers, and controversial legal agreements — continuing what many parents and community observers see as a politicized drift away from student-centered governance.

At a critical meeting of the Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) Board of Education, Trustees Joseph Komrosky and Jen Wiersma voted against two standard measures designed to secure future funding for student infrastructure—despite thorough presentations by district staff and financial experts.

During Tuesday night’s Temecula City Council meeting, Mayor Brenden Kalfus presented the council with a new policy, seemingly derived out of thin air, that proposed moving city council meetings to a different time of the day on Tuesdays. 

After a 4-1 vote, as of July, Temecula City Council meetings will begin with closed session at 2 p.m. and open session at 3 p.m. 

Meetings previously, like Tuesday’s meeting, started at 5 p.m. with a closed session, and the public open session started at 6 p.m.

In a decisive legal rebuke, the California Fourth District Court of Appeal has overturned the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s 2022 resolution banning Critical Race Theory (CRT), calling the policy “unconstitutionally vague” and ordering a preliminary injunction to halt its enforcement.

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.