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Jefferson County Board of Education superintendent withdraws recommendation; board meets in closed session on proposed litigation
Summary
At a Sept. 30 special meeting, Superintendent Dr. Yearwood withdrew a recommendation and said the district will pursue a request for proposals. The board voted to hold a closed executive session under KRS 61.810(1)(c) to discuss proposed litigation and later returned to open session before adjourning.
The Jefferson County Board of Education met in a special session Sept. 30 during which Superintendent Dr. Yearwood withdrew a board recommendation and said the district would pursue a request for proposals to broaden interest.
"We would like to, withdraw the, recommendation that we're making. We'd like to, pursue an RFP so that we can, broaden the interest and broaden the scope of what it is we are trying to get accomplished," Dr. Yearwood said. "And I think the RFP is the best process to make that happen." "I'd like to withdraw the, recommendation," she added.
Board President Scholl recorded the superintendent's request in the meeting minutes and announced that no action would be taken on that agenda item. President Scholl then said the board would enter a closed executive session "as permitted by KRS 61.810(1)(c) for discussions regarding proposed litigation on behalf of the district," noting that public discussion and identification of the specific matter would disclose litigation strategy and could adversely affect the district's legal and financial interests.
A motion to enter the closed executive session was made and seconded; the board voted in favor and the meeting moved into closed session. After the executive session, the board voted to return to open session. The board then moved to adjourn; those motions were made by board members and approved with affirmative votes as reflected by the meeting chair's statements of "Ayes have it." The record shows no formal board action was taken on the withdrawn recommendation.
The meeting transcript records only the withdrawal, the direction to pursue an RFP, the invocation of KRS 61.810(1)(c) as the legal basis for a closed session to discuss proposed litigation, the motions to enter and to exit executive session, and the subsequent adjournment. The transcript does not specify details of the recommendation that was withdrawn, the subject of the proposed litigation, the RFP's scope, any timeline for issuing an RFP, or individual vote tallies beyond the chair's announcement that the ayes carried.
