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Mathews County School Board votes to enter closed session to discuss personnel and student disciplinary matters
Summary
At its May 20, 2025 meeting the Mathews County School Board voted to enter a closed session under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to discuss personnel matters, staff appointments and student disciplinary cases; the publicly posted transcript records only the motion, statutory citation and a voice vote.
The Mathews County School Board voted to enter a closed session at its May 20, 2025 meeting to discuss personnel matters and student disciplinary cases, citing the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
The Chair opened the meeting and requested a roll call. A board member identified in the transcript as "Miss Diggs" moved that the board convene in closed session “in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act section 2.2-3711(a)(1)” and referenced the related subsection for student disciplinary matters. In moving the motion, Miss Diggs listed several topics the board intended to consider in closed session, including professional staff appointments, resignations, reassignments and retirements, and admission or disciplinary matters concerning students. The motion as spoken: "I make a motion to enter into closed meeting in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act section 2.2-3711(a)(1) ... and section 2.2-3711(a)(2), discussion and consideration admission or disciplinary matters concerning students." (transcript paraphrase/partial quote attributed to Miss Diggs).
A second was voiced and the Chair called for a voice vote. The publicly posted transcript records "aye" responses from the Chair and from Miss Diggs; it does not contain a complete named roll-call tally for the vote. The Chair then announced, “We are now in closed session.”
Under Va. Code § 2.2-3711, the board may meet in closed session for the personnel and student-disciple items the mover cited. The publicly available transcript contains no discussion of the substance of those topics; the board moved into closed session and no additional public details were recorded in the posted transcript.
The board did not disclose any outcomes of the closed session in the public portion of the record. The meeting record shows the board entered closed session under the stated statutory authority; any subsequent action or report will depend on what, if anything, the board chooses to disclose or to place on a future open-agenda item.
