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Board moves into executive session to discuss Student Enrichment Coordinators unit negotiations

5917927 · September 9, 2025
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Summary

The Portland Board of Public Education moved into executive session Sept. 9 under 1 M.R.S.A. §405(6)(D) to discuss negotiations with the Student Enrichment Coordinators (SEC) unit.

The Portland Board of Public Education on Sept. 9 voted to enter executive session pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A. §405(6)(D) to discuss negotiations with the Student Enrichment Coordinators (SEC) unit.

Chair Bear Lentz made the motion to enter executive session “pursuant to 1 MRSA 4056 d to discuss the student enrichment coordinators, negotiation, also known as the SEC unit,” and a board member seconded. The meeting record shows the board then moved into executive session; student representatives were invited to leave the public meeting before the executive session began.

The transcript identifies the statute citation as the legal basis for the closed meeting; no substantive details of the negotiation discussion were disclosed in the public portion of the meeting. The board returned from executive session after the closed deliberations; no additional public action related to the negotiations was recorded in the public transcript excerpt.