After a Fresno County grand jury report earlier this year said Fresno Unified trustees and officials need to review California’s ethic laws for elected leaders, the district scheduled its Ralph M. Brown Act workshop for Sept. 17.

However, minutes after board members, top district staff, outside attorneys, and Fresno Teachers Association leaders gathered for the meeting, Trustee Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas made a motion to cancel the meeting. Jonasson Rosas, board chairman Valerie Davis, and trustees Keisha Thomas and Claudia Cazares voted yes, and Trustee Andy Levine voted no.

About 40 people in total were at the after-hours meeting, according to a Fresno Unified spokesperson. The spokesperson said the facilitators absorbed their fees.

With two trustees absent — Susan Wittrup was ill and V

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