Newcastle school board approves hire, reschedules September meeting and holds executive session on student matter

The Newcastle School Board voted to approve a classified hire, reschedule its late-September meeting and enter an executive session to discuss a student matter under Wyoming statute 16-4-405(I)(x).

The board approved the classified recommendation to hire Keisha Wilson as a special-education paraprofessional. The motion was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote; the meeting minutes record the action as approved during the action-items portion of the agenda.

Board members also voted to move the regularly scheduled Sept. 24 meeting to Oct. 1 so the district could address several matters sooner, after one member said some issues "shouldn't sit that long." The motion to reschedule was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.

Later in the meeting the board moved into executive session under Wyoming statute 16-4-405(I)(x) to discuss a student issue. The roll call for the executive session was recorded as a series of "ayes" and the board recessed into closed session; no details of the student matter were disclosed in open session.

The board approved the evening's amended agenda and the consent agenda by voice vote earlier in the meeting.

The board did not record a roll-call vote tally in the public transcript for these motions; minutes state the motions were moved, seconded and carried by voice vote. The transcript does not include further public action related to the executive session.

The board also set a grounds-committee meeting for Oct. 8 at 6:30 a.m., to precede the next regular meeting.

The board meeting adjourned after the scheduled business.