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School board affirms step‑3 grievance, approves closed‑session personnel actions
Summary
After a closed session on March 5, the Prince William County School Board certified its closed meeting, approved appointments and releases of specific employees and affirmed a superintendent-level step‑3 grievance determination in employee case T25‑002.
The Prince William County School Board on March 5 certified its closed session, approved personnel appointments and releases discussed there, and affirmed a step‑3 grievance determination in employee case T25‑002.
Vice Chair Blake moved the board into closed session citing Virginia Code provisions on personnel, grievance appeals, litigation and school safety; the board subsequently certified the closed‑session discussion and took three formal actions when it returned to open session.
In one motion, the board "approve[d] the appointments and releases of specific employees as presented in the closed session." That motion passed with a recorded voice vote of 7 yes and 1 member not present for the vote (Williams).
Later the board moved to resolve a grievance appeal. Vice Chair Blake moved "that the Prince William County School Board affirm the step 3 grievance determination issued by the superintendent's designee in employee case number T25‑002 and further that the chairman at large is authorized to provide a written decision to the employee reflecting the school board's decision." The motion was seconded by Lisa Zargarpur. The vote was recorded as 7 yes, 1 abstain (Wilk); the motion passed.
The board also adopted a certification resolution under Virginia Code section 2.2‑3712 stating that, to the best of each member's knowledge, only matters lawfully exempted from open‑meeting requirements were discussed in closed session and that discussion was limited to the items identified in the motion convening the closed meeting. That certification passed by a 7–0 tally with one board member not present at the vote (Williams).
No additional public details about the personnel appointments, releases or the substance of the grievance were disclosed during the open meeting; the board authorized the chairman at large to provide a written decision to the employee in case T25‑002.
The actions follow the board's procedural reliance on Virginia open‑meeting law for executive‑session matters and the board's policy on closed‑session certification.
