An unidentified board member for the Cleveland County Schools board said the board will publish information about Cleveland County Schools and Marion Schools on the district’s school board website and hold a called meeting on Oct. 21 at 5:00 before any vote is taken.

The statement came after the board returned to open session following a closed-session discussion with the board’s attorney about unspecified legal matters. “Give our folks time to put that information on there,” the unidentified board member said, adding that the material will include statistics related to Cleveland County Schools and Marion Schools.

The board asked the public to wait a couple of days for the website posting and invited anyone who wants to attend the follow-up session to return on Oct. 21 at 5:00. The board then moved to adjourn; brief roll-call-style prompts in the transcript indicate the motion to return to open session and the motion to adjourn were put and carried with members responding “all in favor.”

The board did not specify in the recorded remarks the exact contents of the materials to be posted, which parts of the statistics will be included, whether the Oct. 21 session will be in person or virtual, or the time zone for the 5:00 start. Those details were described only as “not specified” in the meeting record. The transcript notes the board discussed legal matters in closed session with counsel but does not identify the subject of those legal matters.

The board’s actions consisted of returning to open session, announcing the upcoming posting and called meeting, and adjourning. No formal vote on any substantive policy, resolution, ordinance, or contract was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.