School committee moves into executive session to discuss litigation and will not return to public session

The Springfield School Committee voted during a special meeting (date not specified in the transcript) to enter an executive session to discuss litigation strategy and said it would not return to open session.

An unidentified committee member moved: "I'll make a motion that we enter into executive session for the to discuss strategy with respect to litigation, as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigation position of the school committee, and we will not be returning to open session." The motion was put to a roll call vote and carried.

Mr. Gonzales, a School Committee member, voted yes; Attorney Murphy, the committee attorney, was absent. Mr. Collins, a School Committee member, voted yes. Miss Gresham, a School Committee member, voted yes. Miss Hurst, a School Committee member, voted yes. Miss Monroe Naylor, a School Committee member, voted yes. Mayor Sarno was absent. The clerk conducted the roll call.

After the vote a committee speaker said, "Okay. So we're gonna move right into executive session. We're going to kill the feed at this time, our livestream, and we will not be returning back to public session." The committee then ended the public livestream and proceeded to the closed session.

The transcript does not specify the statutory citation or other legal authority cited for holding the executive session, nor does it state whether any second was recorded for the motion. No other substantive agenda items were discussed on the public record in the provided transcript.