State Board adjourns public meeting for closed executive session during retreat; plans to reconvene at 2:30 p.m.

The State Board of the Maryland Department of Education adjourned its public session to enter a closed executive session for administrative functions during a retreat at Turf Valley in Ellicott City. Board members planned to reconvene their public meeting at about 2:30 p.m., an unidentified speaker said.

An unidentified participant moved to adjourn the public meeting to an executive session described as necessary for the administrative function of the State Board retreat; the motion was followed by a verbal second. During the exchange, the transcript records someone saying 'Mister Greer' and a speaker identifying themselves as 'Miss McCusker.' The board chair asked, 'All those in favor, please signify by saying aye,' and members responded 'Aye.' No roll-call vote or individual vote tally was provided in the public record.

'We will now move into executive session,' the meeting host said before the public portion ended. The agenda item was presented as an administrative matter tied to the retreat; no further substantive discussion or detail about the executive session's specific subject was offered on the public record.

The board moved into executive session and closed the public meeting; it said it would reconvene in the afternoon at about 2:30 p.m. The public record provided in the transcript does not specify what will be discussed in the closed session or whether any actions will be taken that will later be disclosed in open session.