School board moves into closed session for legal advice, later certifies compliance and adjourns

An unidentified board member moved the Campbell County Public Schools meeting into a closed session for consultation with legal counsel; the motion was seconded and approved, the board later certified compliance with Virginia open-meeting law and adjourned.

The motion to close the meeting was offered by an unidentified speaker who said, "Motion to convene in closed session for legal counsel," and then read language describing a closed session for consultation with legal counsel. The speaker cited a provision of the Code of Virginia as the legal basis for holding the closed meeting. The motion was seconded by another unidentified speaker and members indicated their approval aloud.

After the closed session, an unidentified speaker read the certification required by Virginia law, stating that "to the best of each member's knowledge during [the] closed meeting, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by Virginia law and only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in the meeting by the school board." Members then formally certified that representation by voice and by raising hands; the certification motion carried.

The final action of the meeting was a motion to adjourn, which was seconded and approved. No specific discussion content from the closed session appears in the public transcript, and no additional motions or votes on substantive matters were recorded in the public portion of the meeting.