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Board moves discussion of door-lock safety policy to closed session
Summary
A board member requested that any discussion of door-lock safety be held in closed session "pursuant to law"; the board amended the agenda to place the item later and then cleared the room to meet in executive committee for the door-lock policy discussion.
During the adoption of the regular agenda, a board member moved to amend the agenda to add discussion of the district’s door-lock policy and said safety-related discussion should be held behind closed doors "pursuant to law." The board approved an amendment to move the door-lock discussion to the last item of new business and later cleared the room so the executive committee could meet privately on the matter.
"I feel like that we need to have any discussion regarding safety issues to be in closed door, pursuant to law," the member said, prompting brief questions from other members about whether the law requires a closed session for door-lock discussion. The chair responded that "Anything to do with safety ... we need to do behind closed doors," and the board proceeded to clear the room of non-board participants ahead of the executive committee meeting.
No substantive details about the door-lock policy were presented in open session after the room was cleared, and no final public action on the policy was recorded in the transcript. The board’s action on the night consisted of (1) amending the agenda to move the item and (2) convening an executive committee session where the discussion will continue out of public view.
