Board adds hiring of school board family member to agenda, convenes closed session on personnel and student matters

At the start of the July 10 meeting the Isle of Wight County School Board amended its agenda to add the item described as the hiring of a school board family member and the purchase of five school buses, and it removed agenda item 18.3.

Later the board moved into closed session under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, citing Va. Code § 2.2-3711(A)(1) and (A)(2), to discuss personnel matters posted as personnel item 16.1 and to consider prospective candidates, contract changes, transfers, salary adjustments, supplemental contracts and student privacy issues (religious-exemption students and an early-admission student). The motion to convene closed session referenced the statutory authorization for personnel and student-record discussions.

After the closed session the board reconvened in public and certified, on a recorded roll-call vote, that the closed meeting was conducted in conformity with the law and that only matters identified in the motion were discussed. The clerk read the certification motion and the board recorded unanimous certification. The board did not disclose actions taken in closed session during public minutes at the meeting’s close.

Motion details: amend agenda to add hiring of a school board family member and purchase of 5 school buses and remove item 18.3; vote to enter closed session under Va. Code § 2.2-3711(A)(1) and (A)(2). Mover/second not specified in public record. Outcome: motions passed and closed session certified on reconvening.

Because student records and personnel deliberations were discussed in closed session, the board did not disclose personnel decisions or student-identifying information in public session.