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San Ramon Valley Unified board accepts closed-session agenda covering personnel, litigation and labor talks
Summary
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education voted to move into closed session to consider appointments to director-level positions, a potential employee discipline matter, two listed Office of Administrative Hearings cases, anticipated litigation and labor negotiations.
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education accepted a motion to adjourn into closed session after reading an agenda that listed personnel appointments, potential employee discipline and litigation matters.
The board read five closed-session items inviting confidential discussion: item 4.1 listed public-employee appointments under Government Code section 54957 for a director of secondary education, a director of elementary education and an executive director for SELPA; 4.2 covered public-employee discipline, dismissal or release; 4.3 cited pending litigation under Government Code section 54956.9 and named two OAH cases (2025091002 and 2025110411); 4.4 noted anticipated litigation under Government Code section 54956.9 (division 2); and 4.5 covered labor negotiations under Government Code section 54957.6, naming Melanie Jones as the district's designated representative and citing employee organizations listed on the agenda.
Shelley Clark, trustee for Area 2, introduced herself during attendance: "I represent Area 2." Laura Brett said she represents Area 3; Rachel Hurd identified herself as representing Trustee Area 5; Jesse Vancy said he represents Area 1; and Susanna Ordway said she represents Area 4. Those introductions were recorded as part of the roll call before the closed-session items were read.
A board member moved to accept the closed-session agenda and another seconded the motion. The board then voice-voted, with a collective "Aye" announced, and adjourned to closed session. The motion on the public record was to accept the closed-session agenda; the transcript records the motion, a second and a voice vote but does not record the individual members who moved, seconded or each member's roll-call vote.
Because the items are listed for closed-session discussion, no deliberations, votes on those substantive items, or outcomes were disclosed in the public portion of the meeting. The board reconvened publicly only after the closed session (not shown in the provided transcript).
