The Mount Vernon School District trustees convened a special meeting on March 19 and voted to enter an executive session to discuss pending litigation, the financial history of a particular person or corporation, matters related to appointment, employment, demotion, discipline, suspension or removal of a particular person or corporation, and to receive legal advice.

The motion to enter executive session was made and seconded and passed on a voice vote. A meeting announcement said, "We will be going into executive session, and we will not be returning to public session at all tonight." No additional public business was taken, and the board did not return to open session.

Trustee McDonough, Trustee Maribel, Trustee Mitchell, Trustee Middleton, Trustee Nzinga, Trustee White, Trustee Kerwin, Vice President Kelly and President Saunders were recorded as present during the roll call establishing a quorum. The transcript records the trustees being polled for presence before the motion to enter executive session was made.

The meeting did not record any formal public votes or deliberations on matters other than the motion to convene the executive session. The transcript does not identify which trustee moved or seconded the motion, nor does it provide a roll-call vote tally; the motion carried after a voice vote of "Aye."