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At the Oct. 27 meeting the board took three recorded formal actions.
1) Consent vote agenda: Chair Poland asked for a motion to approve the consent vote agenda "as presented." (Mover recorded as "Polling, so moved." Second: "Deshmukh second.") Roll call: Nina Austin — Aye; Jim Batson — Aye; Raul Deshmukh — Aye; Doug Fleagle — Aye; Middilesh Kotwal — Aye; Poland — Aye. Motion passed.
2) Employment of employees: Chair requested a motion to approve employment of employees as listed. (Mover recorded as "Polling so moved." Second recorded as "Flegal second.") Roll call recorded all present voting Aye; motion passed.
3) Motion to convene executive session: The board moved to convene closed session to discuss selection of a person to fill a vacant school board seat (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3)) and the placement of individual students in special education programs (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10)). (Mover recorded as "The poll and so moved." Second recorded as "Gotwel second.") Roll call: Raul Deshmukh — Aye; Doug Fleagle — Aye; Middilesh Kotwal — Aye; Poland — Aye; Nina Austin — Aye; Jim Batson — Aye. The board entered closed session; the chair said no action was anticipated after the session.
The actions recorded in the transcript reflect unanimous board approval on the two open‑session votes and a unanimous roll call to enter executive session. The transcript did not include detailed employment hires in the discussion portion; the employment list was referenced as "listed here."
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