Prince George's County Board of Education Chairman Brandon Jackson led the board in a roll-call vote Dec. 1 to close the evening's business meeting and move into a closed session under the Maryland Open Meetings Act.

Jackson asked, “Shall the Prince George's County Board of Education close the 12/01/2025 board meeting?” He then read the legal basis and the subjects authorized for closed deliberation, saying the board would discuss "PGCPS administrative matters; Parent Committee Advisory Council consultation; superintendent evaluation and tools; superintendent report, update and budget; PGCPS legal matters; update on the SPIRE/Excel; and personnel matters, appointment and staffing," and cautioned that publicly disclosing information before it is finalized could result in lawsuits and fines.

Miss McMillan conducted the roll-call vote. Multiple members responded "Aye" when called; the clerk announced, "There's 7 in the affirmative." Chairman Jackson then stated, "The motion to close 12/01/2025 Prince George's County Board of Education meeting is adopted," and asked that the recording be paused for the closed session. The board discussed briefly whether members would move to the Executive Room or remain in place before recessing.

The closed-session topics cited by the chair cover a mix of administrative, personnel, budgetary and legal matters. The board's statement invoked provisions of the Maryland Open Meetings Act as justification for closing the meeting to the public; the transcript records the chair reading specific article and section references of that statute.

The public record from the open portion of the meeting shows a short procedural agenda: call to order, roll call, reading of the motion and a roll-call vote to close the meeting. The transcript records both an announced attendance count of "6 members present" earlier in the proceeding and an announced vote tally of "7 in the affirmative." The roll-call exchanges in the transcript include eight instances of members saying "Aye," producing an inconsistent record of attendance and votes in the posted transcript. The board did not state any further details in open session about the content of the items to be discussed in closed session.

No formal motions other than the motion to close were taken in public. The board did not provide additional public details about next steps, timelines, or scheduled public disclosures for matters to be discussed in closed session.