Proviso Township HSD 209 board moves into executive session citing litigation, personnel, bargaining and student matters

The Proviso Township High School District 209 Board of Education voted to retire into executive (closed) session at 5:39 p.m. on Nov. 12, 2025, citing pending or probable litigation, personnel matters, collective bargaining and individual student matters, board members recorded.

Miss Molinaire moved to enter executive session and the presiding officer seconded. "So moved," said Miss Molinaire. The presiding officer responded, "Second." Several members responded "Aye," and the clerk recorded that executive session began at 5:39 p.m. "Motion carries," the presiding officer said.

The board invoked sections of the Illinois Open Meetings Act as the basis for closing the meeting to the public: litigation (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)), the appointment, employment, discipline or dismissal of specific employees or contractors (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)), collective bargaining and salary-schedule deliberations (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)), and matters related to individual students (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10)). The transcript records those statutory citations when the presiding officer described the reasons for the executive session.

At roll call before the motion, Miss Molinaire and Mrs. Hagen were recorded present; Mister Ocampo, Miss Morris and Miss Smith were recorded absent; Doctor Fisher and Miss Birmingham were recorded present. The clerk specifically noted the executive session start time for the record.

The public record in the transcript ends with the board entering executive session; no substantive discussion, votes on ordinances, contracts, or policy actions in open session were reported after the motion. Any actions taken during the closed session will be disclosed as required by law or reported in subsequent public minutes.

The board convened in public at 5:38 p.m.; the executive session began at 5:39 p.m. and was noted on the record by the clerk.