Prince George's County Board of Education closes May 8 meeting for executive session on audits and bargaining

The Prince George's County Board of Education voted May 8 to close its public meeting and convene in an executive session to discuss administrative matters and reports of the chair and superintendent, an internal audit report and collective bargaining updates, Chairman Brandon D. Jackson said.

The board cited General Provisions Article §3-305(b)(1), (2), (7), (8), (9) and (12) as the legal basis for the closure, telling the public that disclosure of the listed items before they are finalized could result in lawsuits, financial losses or other harms.

At the start of the session a quorum was confirmed and Chairman Brandon D. Jackson read the closure statement, specifying the cited sections of the statute and the subjects to be discussed. During roll call and the subsequent vote, members who were recorded voting in the affirmative included Miss Johnson, Mr. Graves, Miss Brown, Miss Goins McCants, Dr. Moss, Miss Olivo, Miss Walker and Chairman Jackson; the board reported nine votes in the affirmative and adopted the motion to close the meeting. The board then moved to the Executive Room and the public recording was stopped.

The transcript shows the closure motion was procedural: it authorizes board members to discuss the named topics in private under the cited statute. The public transcript does not include any deliberation of the substantive items themselves; those matters were scheduled for discussion in the closed session and no public votes on those subjects were recorded in the provided excerpt.

The board did not state a date or time when any outcomes from the executive session would be disclosed to the public in the provided transcript.