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Proviso Township HSD 209 board moves into closed session over litigation, personnel and student matters
Summary
At its March 11, 2025 meeting the Proviso Township High School District 209 Board of Education voted to enter executive session to discuss litigation, personnel, contract negotiations, salary schedules and individual student matters under cited sections of the Open Meetings Act.
The Proviso Township High School District 209 Board of Education voted to go into executive (closed) session during its March 11, 2025, regular meeting to discuss pending litigation, personnel matters, negotiations and individual student issues.
Board members approved a motion to retire into executive session to consider litigation; appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance and dismissal of specific employees; matters relating to independent contractors or volunteers and legal counsel; collective-bargaining/negotiation matters and salary schedules; and issues concerning individual students. Shannon moved the motion; a second was not named on the record. "So moved," Shannon said before the board voted.
The roll-call vote showed five ayes and two absences. Board members recorded as voting in the affirmative were Dixon, Ocampo, Grant, Beltares and Barman; Alexander and Patterson were recorded absent. The board chair announced, "Motion carried. We are in executive closed session at 05:33 PM." The meeting had been called to order at 5:31 PM.
The board cited exemptions to the Illinois Open Meetings Act during the motion, referencing 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) (pending or probable litigation), 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) (personnel), 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) (collective-bargaining/negotiations and salary schedules) and 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10) (student disciplinary matters). The transcript records those statutory citations during the motion to move into closed session.
No formal action or discussion from the executive session appears in the public portion of the transcript; the board announced it entered closed session at 5:33 PM. The transcript does not record any subsequent votes, determinations or public directives tied to the items listed for closed session.
The meeting’s public minutes or future meeting agendas would be the official source for any motions, votes or staff directions resulting from that closed session, if and when the board chooses to report them publicly.
