The Elizabeth School District Board of Education convened a special meeting at 4:05 p.m. on Nov. 19, 2025, approved an amended agenda that removed action item 5.1 and voted to go into executive session to receive legal advice on a Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) dispute concerning individual students.

The board’s Presiding Officer moved that “the board move into executive session under Colorado Revised Statute 24-6-402(4)(b), conferences with an attorney for the purpose of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions regarding a FERPA dispute,” noting the statutory exception for discussion of individual students where public disclosure would adversely affect the persons involved. The motion was seconded and called for a roll call.

Earlier in the meeting the board considered and voted on an amendment to the special-meeting agenda to remove action item 5.1. On the roll call for that motion, Director Kelly Hamm voted “Aye,” Director Fletcher voted “No,” and Directors Hunt, Olsen, and Powell voted “Aye,” carrying the amendment by a 4–1 recorded vote.

The board then proceeded with the motion to enter executive session; the transcript records roll-call responses and a recess into an office for the closed session. The transcript includes an unresolved reference to “Rhonda” without further identification. Because the matter was taken in executive session under the cited statute, the meeting record in the transcript does not disclose the substance of the legal advice or any details about the students involved.

The Presiding Officer reconvened and adjourned the special meeting at 5:48 p.m. No further public action or votes on the substance of the FERPA matter were recorded in the transcript.

What happens next: The board moved into a closed executive session to receive legal counsel; the transcript does not record any formal outcome from that session or subsequent public votes on the underlying FERPA matter.