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Woodland Park board approves interim superintendent contract after executive session
Summary
Following an executive session on superintendent contract negotiations, the Woodland Park School District board approved an interim superintendent contract by roll call; the board also approved the consent agenda earlier in the meeting and scheduled work sessions for governance and the superintendent search survey.
The Woodland Park School District Board of Education moved into executive session under Colorado statute to discuss superintendent contract negotiations and returned to public session to approve an interim superintendent contract.
A motion to adjourn to executive session was made citing Colorado Revised Statutes for superintendent contract negotiations. The board recessed and later returned to public session, where a motion to approve the interim superintendent contract was made and approved by roll call. The roll-call votes recorded on the transcript read in sequence as board members responding "Aye." (Transcript roll-call entries include Hartley, Bates/Gates, Kimbrell, Patterson and others; roll-call confirmation was recorded on the meeting record.)
Earlier in the meeting the board approved the consent agenda on a roll call: the clerk called naming of members and responses were recorded as "Aye." No objecting votes were recorded in the public transcript for those actions. After the executive-session votes the meeting adjourned.
Other governance items discussed included a superintendent succession policy change the superintendent asked the board to consider (broadening emergency succession beyond the executive team to include building administrators) and scheduling of several work sessions to review board governance policies and finalize a superintendent-search stakeholder survey.
Why it matters: Approval of an interim superintendent contract affects district leadership and next steps in the superintendent search and governance work. The executive-session discussion was held under Colorado confidentiality rules for personnel and contract negotiations; the public record reflects the motions, roll calls and final approvals.
Board follow-up: Board members set a work-session date to consider policy changes and to finalize the outreach survey for the superintendent search; staff will circulate dates and the draft survey prior to the October meeting.
