Manassas school board accepts staff resignation after closed session; vote 4-3

The School Board of the City of Manassas voted 4-3 to accept the resignation of PERS 24‑25‑0396 from Jenny Dean Elementary School with prejudice, effective March 21, 2025.

The motion to accept the resignation was made by Vice Chair Spall and seconded by Mrs. Brezier. The board recorded the vote as 4 in favor, 3 opposed; board members Miles, Jones and Brown voted against the motion.

The board first convened a closed session under exemptions in the Code of Virginia to consult with legal counsel and to discuss a personnel matter. After the closed session, the board returned to open session, certified by motion that only matters lawfully exempted and identified in the closing motion were discussed, and then moved on to accept the resignation.

Board members did not elaborate on the personnel matter during open session. The motion and vote recorded in the minutes are the formal action taken by the board at that time.

Procedural motions tied to the closed session were recorded in the meeting minutes: (1) motion to enter closed session under Virginia Code Section 2.2‑3711(a)(8) and (a)(1); (2) motion to return to open session; and (3) certification that only permitted matters were discussed. Each of those motions was approved by roll call with the board noting a quorum.

The board’s action does not provide further public details about the personnel matter beyond the resignation language that was read into the record.