Arlington Heights SD 25 board enters closed session on personnel matters, returns and adjourns

The Arlington Heights School District 25 Board of Education voted 7-0 on Nov. 12, 2025, to move into closed session to consider appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees, independent contractors or volunteers and to hear testimony on a related complaint. Board member Kevin introduced the motion, which Melissa seconded.

"I recommend that the board move into closed session for the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors, or specific volunteers of the district, or legal counsel for the district, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee...to determine its validity," Kevin said during the motion.

The motion passed unanimously, 7-0. The presiding officer told attendees, "We'll be back shortly," and the board went into a closed session that was not publicly disclosed. When the meeting resumed in open session, the presiding officer called the regular meeting to order and Dr. Kaye (recorded in the transcript as Dr. K / Dr. Kenny / Dr. Kaye) conducted roll call.

There were no public comments: the presiding officer announced, "We don't have any blue slips this evening." The agenda's personnel and planning item was reported as tabled; the transcript records no substantive public discussion or presentation on that item during the open session.

Later in the meeting the presiding officer asked for a motion to adjourn. Kevin moved to adjourn and Anisha seconded; the roll was called and members voted to adjourn. The board closed the meeting shortly thereafter.

The board did not disclose the substance of the closed-session discussions on personnel or any outcomes that would be public, and no further action was recorded in the open minutes during the special meeting.

Notes on transcript names: the meeting transcript contains inconsistent renderings for the staff member who called roll (appearing as "Dr. K," "Doctor Kenny," and "Dr. Kaye") and several member name spellings appear garbled in the record; this article uses the names and wording as they appear in the transcript and identifies those renderings as presented.