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Prince William County School Board approves agenda, enters closed session and approves personnel actions
Summary
At its Feb. 19 meeting the Prince William County School Board approved the agenda, voted unanimously to enter and later certify a closed session, and approved appointments and releases presented in closed session; other routine items including the consent agenda passed.
Prince William County School Board members voted Feb. 19 to approve the meeting agenda, move into a closed session under Virginia law, and later certify that the closed meeting discussed only the matters listed in the motion. The board also approved personnel appointments and releases that were presented during the closed session and adopted the consent agenda.
The board first approved the meeting agenda by voice vote after Vice Chair Blake moved that the board “approve the meeting agenda as recommended.” The board then voted unanimously to enter closed session under Virginia Code sections cited on the record (see authorities). The motion listed personnel matters, litigation, collective bargaining negotiation strategy and school security briefings as the subjects permitted for a closed meeting.
After approximately one hour in closed session the board reconvened in open session and unanimously adopted a certification resolution stating that “only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meetings requirements were discussed” and that only items identified in the motion were considered. That certification resolution passed 8–0.
Following certification, the board adopted a motion to “approve the appointments and releases of specific employees as presented in the closed session.” That motion also passed unanimously, 8–0. The board then approved the consent agenda by an 8–0 vote. A separate motion to approve acknowledgements and recognitions passed with a recorded vote of 6 yes and 2 abstentions.
No substantive details about individual hires or separations were disclosed during the open meeting; the board recorded only that the personnel matters had been approved following the closed-session presentation. Board members also noted that the closed-session discussions had included briefings related to the security of school facilities as permitted by state law.
The votes taken at the meeting were procedural and routine in form but required by law for the board to act on personnel and litigation items in closed session before returning to open session and certifying those discussions.
