Proviso Township High School board retires to closed session citing litigation, personnel and student matters

The Proviso Township High School Board of Education Committee of the Whole convened on Dec. 2, 2025, and voted to retire into executive session to discuss litigation, personnel matters, collective bargaining and individual student matters under the Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2. The board entered closed session at 6:13 p.m.

An unidentified meeting facilitator called the session to order at 6:11 p.m. and asked Miss Molinaro to call roll. The transcript records members responding that they were present, and the facilitator stated, “We have a quorum.” The roll-call responses recorded in the public portion list Miss Molinaro, Missus Hickson, Mister O'Connell, Miss Morris, Doctor Fisher and Miss Birmingham as present; Miss Smith was recorded as absent.

Shortly after the roll call, the facilitator made a motion to retire to executive session citing multiple statutory exemptions under the Illinois Open Meetings Act: 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) for litigation, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) for appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees or contractors, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) for collective negotiating matters and salary schedules, and 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10) for matters related to individual students. The motion was moved and seconded on the record; the transcript does not identify who moved or who seconded.

A roll-call vote was then taken on the motion to retire to executive session. The public transcript records recorded “Aye” responses from Miss Molineux, Missus Dixon, Mister O'Campo, Miss Morris, Doctor Fisher and Miss Barbara Young. Following the roll call the facilitator announced, “Motion carries.” The public record ends with the facilitator stating, “We are in closed session at 06:13PM.”

No further public discussion or formal action is recorded in the provided transcript; the meeting proceeded into the closed executive session described on the record. The statutory citations presented on the motion indicate the board intended to address one or more of the following categories in closed session: litigation or probable litigation, personnel and employment matters, collective bargaining or salary schedule deliberations, and individual student matters. The transcript does not include additional details about the specific cases, personnel actions, bargaining topics or student matters to be discussed, nor does it identify the names of the motion’s mover or seconder.

The meeting record supplied ends at the announcement that the board had entered closed session at 6:13 p.m.; no public votes on substantive policy items are recorded in the excerpt.