San Ramon Valley Unified board accepts closed-session agenda listing litigation and personnel items

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education voted to accept a closed-session agenda that includes anticipated litigation naming Dave Kravitz and Karen Salmon and personnel matters, including consideration of appointing Melanie Jones to an elementary principal position, the board said during a special, livestreamed meeting.

The meeting opened with the Chair telling the public, "We wanna let the public know that we are video recording this meeting. The recording is being live streamed on the district's YouTube channel," before reading the closed-session items to be considered.

Under item 4.1 the Chair announced "conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation, Dave Kravitz, Karen Salmon" and cited "government code 54956.91." The Chair also read item 4.2 as a "public employee appointment, Melanie Jones" and item 4.3 as a "public employee performance evaluation" under "government code section 54957," indicating those matters were slated for closed-session discussion.

A motion "that we accept the closed session agenda" was made and, per the meeting record, "was made by board member Van Zee and seconded by board member Bratt." The board then conducted a roll call vote. Board member Bratt, Board member Hurd, Board member Van Zee, Board member Ordway and Board member Clark each answered "Aye," and the motion to accept the closed-session agenda carried by those recorded votes.

The agenda items as read name the individuals associated with the anticipated litigation and the personnel appointment; the transcript does not include further details about the underlying claims, the proposed appointment beyond the name, or the superintendent evaluation outcomes. The meeting recorded the items and moved forward with the closed-session agenda as described on the public agenda that was read into the record.