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Board approves legislative agenda; adopts agenda and several procedural motions during meeting
Summary
The Chesapeake Public Schools board approved the meeting agenda and the district's proposed legislative agenda for the 2026 General Assembly session, and approved motions to convene and return from closed session and to allow remote participation by outside counsel.
Key votes at the Chesapeake Public Schools board meeting included adoption of the meeting agenda, motions to enter and exit a closed session under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act citation read into the record, approval for remote participation by outside counsel for the closed session, approval of the consent agenda, and final approval of the district's legislative agenda for the 2026 General Assembly session.
Adoption of the agenda: The board moved to adopt the published agenda (moved by John McCormick; seconded by Norman Poole). The chair called the vote; the motion carried with all board members present voting yes.
Closed session: The board moved to convene in closed session pursuant to the Code of Virginia section 2.2-3711, subsections A.1, A.3 and A.8, for personnel, real-estate acquisition/disposition and consultation with counsel on specific legal matters. The motion was seconded by Mike Lemonia and approved by voice vote with all board members present voting yes. The board later moved and approved reconvening to open session; vice chair Kim Scott read the required statement and the motion to affirm the closed meeting was seconded by Mike Lemonia and approved with all board members voting yes. During the reconvened open session, the superintendent reported there were no items resulting from closed session.
Remote participation: The board approved remote participation by Sands Anderson attorney Nikki Chook for the closed-session discussion. The motion to permit remote participation was moved by Mike Lemonia and seconded by Kim Scott; the motion carried with all board members present voting yes.
Consent agenda: The consent agenda was moved by Kim Scott and seconded by Norman Poole and approved by voice vote with all board members voting yes.
Legislative agenda: The board considered and approved the district's final draft legislative agenda for the 2026 General Assembly session. The motion to approve was moved by Kim Scott and seconded by Mike Lemonia and carried with all board members voting yes.
Why it matters: The legislative agenda sets the district's priorities for the state legislative session; closed-session votes showed the board invoked statutory exemptions for personnel, real estate and legal consultation.
All votes reported in this summary were voice votes as recorded in the meeting transcript. No roll-call tallies with individual yes/no votes were recorded in the transcript.
