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Board approves homeschool petition, seals executive-session minutes and concurs with staff personnel recommendations
Summary
The Central Falls School Board unanimously approved a homeschool application, sealed executive-session minutes, recorded a unanimous positive superintendent performance review vote taken in executive session, and concurred with a superintendent recommendation to terminate a non‑certified employee.
The Central Falls School District Board of Trustees approved several procedural and personnel actions at its May 27 meeting, including the unanimous approval of a homeschool application, sealing executive-session minutes and a board concurrence with a superintendent recommendation to terminate a non‑certified employee.
Public comment and a superintendent recommendation preceded the homeschool vote. The board voted to approve the homeschool petition for a kindergarten student after the applicant (identified in the transcript as Miller) described planned curriculum and compliance with applicable laws; the motion carried unanimously. A board member offered well wishes to the applicant after the vote.
After a half-hour executive session held under Rhode Island General Law 42-46-5 (personnel), the board reconvened in public and voted to seal the executive-session minutes in compliance with Rhode Island General Law 42-46-4 and 42-46-5. The vote to seal the minutes was taken by roll call; board members present voted in the affirmative and the motion carried.
The board reported that one vote taken during executive session was to approve the superintendent’s performance review. The board described the review in public session as a unanimous vote deeming the superintendent’s performance “a positive report.” The board also took a public vote to concur with the superintendent’s recommendation to terminate an employment relationship with a non‑certified employee; the motion carried following a motion by Board member Figueroa and a second by Board member Evans.
Other consent actions included approval of meeting minutes from April 15 (with Board member Martinez abstaining because she was absent from that meeting) and the routine human-resources memo, which included hires, displacements that preserved positions, and one retiree announcement. The board noted it avoided layoffs this year and will hold a mutual-consent job fair for displaced certificated staff to bid into open positions.
The board’s procedural votes and personnel actions were recorded on the public record in compliance with state open‑meetings law; staff said any additional personnel-related details remain confidential where required by law.
