Board approves consent agenda and moves into executive session

The Rye City School District Board of Education approved its consent agenda during the Nov. 18 meeting and later voted to go into executive session without returning to public session.

Consent agenda: After review of personnel and fiscal items, the facilitator asked for a motion to approve the consent agenda covering general fiscal items, professional and classified appointments, and pupil personnel and special-education matters. The transcript records the approval as "5 to nothing with 2 absences." The names 'Sean Clapp' and 'Valerie Lapham' were spoken in the context of the motion; the transcript does not clearly identify which board member formally moved and which seconded the motion.

Executive session: At the end of the public meeting the facilitator requested a motion to enter executive session. The transcript records the motion as made by "Shawn Clopfers" and seconded by "Callie Erickson," and the vote carried "That's 5 nothing." The board stated it would not return to public session and scheduled the next public meeting for Dec. 2.

What passed: the consent agenda was approved (5–0; 2 absences). The motion to enter executive session also carried (5–0). No formal votes on ordinances, resolutions, contracts or policy adoptions were recorded in the public portion of the transcript.