Board affirms superintendent findings on complaint, delegates chair to respond on hearing request

The St Helens School District Board took two actions following executive-session discussions of complaints. In public session the board adopted the superintendent’s findings on a complaint and delegated the board chair to respond to the complainant, and separately delegated the chair authority to engage with parties about holding a hearing in a related matter.

For the first complaint action, the board voted to adopt the superintendent’s findings as the final decision and delegated the board chair to respond to the complainant. Roll-call votes were recorded in the minutes.

For the second action, the board moved to accept public comment and delegated authority to the board chair to respond to parties regarding the convening of a hearing discussed in executive session. The motion was seconded and carried by roll call.

Board members emphasized that executive sessions do not themselves produce final public decisions and that the public actions recorded were limited to delegating procedural responses and ratifying the superintendent’s written findings.

The board recorded votes for both actions in the meeting minutes and directed the chair to carry out the delegated correspondences and scheduling.