Board convenes executive session to review protected superintendent applicant materials; reports no decision
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Summary
During a special meeting, the Woodland Park School District RE-2 board adjourned into an executive session to consider protected materials submitted by superintendent applicants; the board later said no decisions were made during that closed session.
WOODLAND PARK, Colo. — Unidentified Speaker 1, a board member, moved that the Woodland Park School District RE-2 board adjourn into an executive session to review protected application materials for the district’s superintendent search, citing Colorado statutory provisions. Unidentified Speaker 2 moved the motion and it was seconded.
The board cited state statute language while announcing the closed session, and Unidentified Speaker 1 said the meeting would consider "documents protected by the mandatory nondisclosure provision of the Colorado Open Records Act" submitted by applicants who are not finalists. In open session discussion leading into the closed meeting, board members discussed scheduling for interviews and review of candidate materials, noting multiple hours of interview video to be reviewed.
After returning from the executive session, Unidentified Speaker 1 stated, "No decisions were made there." The board then completed the first special meeting of the night by approving a motion to adjourn; the transcript records a subsequent voice/roll-call indicating multiple "Aye" votes.
The board did not state a final timetable for selecting a superintendent during the recorded portions of this special meeting. Members discussed reconvening later to continue interviews and review candidate materials. The transcript records references to the next meeting date and plans to continue reviewing hours of interview video, but it does not specify a decision deadline or an expected finalist announcement.
The board’s citations of statutory authority were read aloud during the motion to enter executive session; the transcript reproduces the statute references verbatim as spoken by participants but the precise subsection numbering is difficult to parse in the recording. The district did not release additional details about the candidates or any personnel decisions in the portion of the meeting captured here.
The board adjourned the first special meeting after the closed-session return. The superintendent search process and any forthcoming public action or announcement remain pending.