Board of Education votes to enter executive session for legal advice on employee handbooks and contracts

The Board of Education met in a special session on Nov. 20, 2024, and voted to convene an executive session to receive legal advice under Colorado statute CRS 24-6-402(4)(b) concerning the "Madacar Springs Education Association, educational support professionals, and executive professional employee group handbooks and contracts." Dr. Jorgensen moved to adopt the agenda as presented and later moved that the board enter executive session; the motions were seconded and approved by roll call.

The move into executive session followed a formal roll call. During the vote on the motion to convene executive session, multiple directors recorded "Aye" responses and the chair declared, "The ayes have it." The chair said the board would adjourn following the executive session if there was no further business.

Dr. Jorgensen (speaker 1) made both the motion to adopt the agenda and the motion to convene the executive session. The meeting record shows the chair (speaker 2) handled procedural duties, including calling the roll and recognizing Dr. Jorgensen to make the motion. Director Bankes (speaker 3) and other directors were recorded during roll call and voting; several directors verbally recorded "Aye." Specific vote tallies by name are not completely enumerated in the transcript segments provided; the meeting record states that all seven board members were present in person earlier in the session.

The stated purpose of the executive session was to receive legal advice under CRS 24-6-402(4)(b) on matters described in the motion as relating to the "Madacar Springs Education Association, educational support professionals, and executive professional employee group handbooks and contracts." The transcript records that the motion to enter executive session was seconded and approved by roll call, after which the chair announced the board would move into executive session.

The meeting record does not include discussion content from the executive session. The publicly recorded portion of the special meeting concluded with the board moving into executive session and a note that the meeting would adjourn afterward if there were no further items on the agenda.