Barre Unified Union School District #97 board holds executive session on confidential student matter; approves agenda and adjourns

At about 5:01 p.m., the Barre Unified Union School District #97 board approved its meeting agenda and later voted to enter an executive session under statute 1 BSA 3 1 3 a 7 to discuss a confidential student matter. The board invited Shannon Miller, Ted Mills, Mark McDermott, Melissa Anshadi Bata and Joanne Canning to attend the closed session. The meeting reconvened and was adjourned at 6:02 p.m.

The board approved the agenda as presented after a motion by board member Alice and a second by board member Ian. The approval was recorded with Ian, Garrett, Catherine, Alice and Jeff voting yes.

Later in the meeting, Garrett moved that the board go into executive session “under a confidential student matter, 1 BSA 3 1 3 a 7,” with Alice seconding the motion. The motion passed on a roll call with Ian, Garrett, Catherine, Alice and Jeff recorded as voting in the affirmative. The board announced invited participants for the executive session as Shannon Miller, Ted Mills, Mark McDermott, Melissa Anshadi Bata and Joanne Canning; the transcript does not identify roles for those invitees.

The transcript records a subsequent motion to come out of executive session that was seconded; the meeting then continued briefly and adjourned. There were no public comments during the public comment period; the board moved directly to the executive session item. Because the discussion involved a confidential student matter, no substantive details of the executive session were disclosed in the public record.

The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn made by Catherine and seconded by Anne; Anne, Garrett, Catherine, Alice and Jeff were recorded as voting in the affirmative. The clerk announced the meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m.