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Worcester County Board of Education approves personnel actions, moves into closed session
Summary
At a special meeting, the Worcester County Board of Education approved a personnel exhibit listing separations and a leave request and then voted to enter a closed session under the Annotated Code of Maryland §3-305(b)(1) to discuss personnel matters and closed-session minutes.
The Worcester County Board of Education approved a personnel exhibit and then convened into a closed session during a short special meeting.
Todd Ferrante, board member, called the meeting to order and recorded roll. Present were William Buchanan, Katie Addis, John Andes, William Gordy and Donald Smack; Elaine McComas was absent.
The superintendent, Dr. App, presented separations and a leave request for the board's consideration. The separations listed were Jennifer Cooper, secretary, grade 5, 12-month at BIS; Margaret Lawrence, English teacher at Stephen Decatur Middle School; and Virginia Warren, secretary, grade 5, 10-month at Worcester Technical High School. The superintendent also presented a leave-of-absence request from Amanda Fairman, teacher, grade 5, at BIS, asking that the leave extend through the end of the current school year. The superintendent recommended approval of the personnel exhibit.
John Andes moved to approve the personnel exhibit; Donald Smack seconded. The board voted in favor and the chair announced the motion carried.
The board then considered a motion to enter a closed session, citing the Annotated Code of Maryland, section 3-305(b)(1), to discuss appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, discipline, compensation, removal, resignation or performance evaluation of appointees, employees or officials and to approve the closed-session minutes. William Gordy moved to enter closed session; William Buchanan seconded. The board voted in favor and the chair announced, “We are now in closed session.”
No additional public details were recorded in the transcript while in open session. The meeting record in the transcript ends with the board entering the closed session.
