Hinsdale Township High School District 86's Board of Education voted 7-0 Aug. 25 to adjourn into a closed session to discuss “self evaluation practices and procedures or professional ethics when meeting with a representative of a statewide association of which the public body is a member,” the presiding officer said.

The special meeting, called to order at 5:11 p.m. in the Hinsdale Central Community Room, consisted of a roll call, the motion to enter closed session and routine adjournment procedures; no members of the public spoke during the meeting and the board said it would not take action after the closed session other than to adjourn.

Board member Fisher moved to adjourn into closed session under the statute cited by the presiding officer. The transcript does not clearly identify who seconded the motion. The board conducted a roll call vote in which all seven members present voted “aye,” and the motion carried 7-0. The board recessed into closed session and later reconvened open session at about 8:26 p.m.; the special meeting was adjourned at 8:27 p.m.

Members announced present during roll call included Member Greenspun; Member Fisher; Member Mitha; Member Akris; Member Leacotte; Member Satchel; and Member Waters. The board’s presiding officer stated the closed-session subject using the statutory wording quoted above; the meeting record shows no further public discussion of that subject in open session.

Because the substantive discussion occurred in closed session, the board did not disclose details of deliberations during the open meeting and took no formal action in open session other than adjournment.