Chair adjourns Eatonville School District meeting into executive session on employee performance

Shortly after calling the meeting to order at 11:07 a.m., the chair of the Eatonville School District said the board would adjourn into an executive session under RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) to discuss the performance of a public official or employee and that "no action will be taken." The chair told attendees the board expected to return at 12:00 p.m.

The chair later announced an extension of the executive session to 12:40 and, near the close of the recorded remarks, stated the session would adjourn at 12:41. There is no record in the transcript of any formal motions, votes, or public discussion about the underlying personnel matter; the remarks in the public record were procedural and limited to scheduling and statutory authority.

The announcement cited RCW 42.30.110(1)(g), the Washington statute authorizing closed sessions for discussion of the performance of a public employee or official. Because the matter moved to executive session, the public transcript contains only the board's procedural statements and timing estimates; the transcript records the chair saying twice that "no action will be taken."

The publicly recorded portion of the meeting comprised the call to order, the pledge of allegiance, and the procedural announcements about the executive session and its expected end time. The chair provided three time references during the recorded exchange: an initial return time of 12:00 p.m., an announced extension to 12:40 p.m., and a later statement that the executive session would adjourn at 12:41. The transcript does not include details about the personnel discussion that followed in executive session.