Akron Public Schools board moves into executive session for personnel evaluations, returns with no action

The Akron Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 18 to enter an executive session to discuss personnel matters, including an overview of the treasurer/CFO evaluation and the superintendent’s midterm evaluation, and returned to open session without taking formal action.

According to the meeting record, a board member asked whether an executive session was needed and the board cited Ohio Revised Code 121.22(G)(1) as the legal basis for a closed discussion of "the appointment, employment, or compensation of a public employee or official," adding that "action may be taken." A motion to enter executive session was moved in the meeting transcript by the member identified as DeRoz and seconded by Member Montgomery; a roll-call vote recorded five "Yes" votes and the board adjourned to executive session at 7:06 p.m.

The board later reconvened in open session and stated there was "no action to take from the executive session." Following that announcement, a motion to adjourn was made and seconded, the board again recorded affirmative roll-call votes, and the meeting ended at 10:29 p.m.

The meeting record contains no public debate of policy details, budget items, or personnel determinations in open session; the only substantive items recorded on the public transcript were the legal citation for the executive session, the procedural motions and seconds, the unanimous roll-call votes, the stated start time for the executive session and the final adjournment time.

Action items recorded in the transcript include the motion to enter executive session (moved by the member identified in the transcript as DeRoz and seconded by Member Montgomery) and the motion to adjourn after return from executive session. The board stated that no action resulted from the closed session.