The Durham Public Schools board met in a specially called session on Dec. 22, 2025. Board members approved the meeting agenda, voted to enter a closed session and later unanimously voted to table a personnel matter until the board’s Jan. 15 work session.

Board member Joy Harold Goff moved that the board "go into closed session based on the items on the agenda," a motion seconded by Board member Emily Chavez. The presiding official (unnamed in the transcript) conducted a voice vote and announced the motion passed unanimously.

After the closed session the board returned to open session. Chavez moved to "suspend personnel to the January 15 work session," a motion seconded by Windell Tabb. The board conducted a roll-call style confirmation in which Natalie Beyer, Millicent Rogers, Joy Harold Goff, Emily Chavez, Windell Tabb, Jessica Carter Otten and Bettina Umstead each said "aye." The presiding official announced the motion to table the personnel item passed unanimously.

The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn from Natalie Beyer, a second, and no further business. Board members exchanged holiday greetings before leaving the session.

What happened next: The personnel matter is scheduled for the board’s Jan. 15 work session; the transcript records a brief confusion about the year during the roll call (the presiding speaker apologized and corrected the date to Jan. 15, 2026 before the roll call continued).