School board enters executive session for litigation against Port of New Orleans

The Saint Bernard Parish School Board voted to enter an executive session Aug. 26 to discuss pending litigation identified on the agenda as Saint Bernard Parish School Board versus the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, listed with the 34th JDC case number 24-0892D (as recorded on the agenda). A board member moved to go into executive session for litigation; the motion was seconded by School Board Member Lee Bowman and passed by recorded vote, 9-0. The board returned to regular session later in the meeting after the executive session; a motion to return to open session was made and seconded and the vote to resume public session was recorded on the transcript. The transcript does not include discussion content from the executive session (the board left the public record for the closed session). No formal action on the litigation was recorded in open session following the closed discussion. Speakers identified on the record for the motion and vote include Lee Bowman (second) and board members casting roll-call votes; the specific mover on the transcript was not named in the public segment that immediately precedes the motion but is recorded as a motion on the floor for litigation. The agenda item is numbered 5.1 and cites the litigation caption and case identifier as the reason for the closed session.