Mineola board meets in executive session on personnel matter; no formal action reported

At a special meeting, the Mineola Union Free School District board voted to enter an executive session to discuss the employment history of a particular individual and to seek advice from the board's attorney; the board returned saying no formal actions were taken and then adjourned.

Cheryl Lampasona, board president, moved that the board "enter into executive session for purpose of discussion of the employment history of a particular individual and the seeking of advice from the board's attorney." A motion to enter executive session was made and the chair called for a vote; the board approved entry to executive session. The meeting transcript does not clearly record which board member seconded the motion or provide a named roll-call tally.

After the closed session, Lampasona said, "We did not take any formal actions, just like we said we would not in executive session," and that the board had received legal counsel during the session. The board then moved to adjourn; the transcript records a motion to adjourn and a vote in favor, but does not provide a full roll-call tally by name.

Board members present at the meeting introduced themselves at the start of the session: Patrick Tolte (trustee), Brian Whitman (trustee), Margaret Ballantyne (trustee), Stacy DeSilas (vice president), and Cheryl Lampasona (president). Cindy Velez, district clerk, read the district mission statement at the outset.

The board announced it will meet Thursday at the high school at 7:00. No further decisions or actions related to the personnel matter were recorded in the transcript.