Sayreville Board of Education votes to enter executive session citing student and personnel matters

The Sayreville Board of Education voted to enter an executive session to discuss student matters and personnel issues involving attorney-client privilege, the board announced during a public meeting.

The chair asked for a motion to go into executive session, and members recorded a motion and a second; the transcript notes the names 'Jeff and Allison' during that exchange but does not clearly attribute who moved or seconded. A clerk read aloud the statutory basis for the closed session, citing the Open Public Meetings Act and stating that the public may be excluded when "circumstances presently exist" that justify nondisclosure.

The clerk told the board the subject matters to be discussed in private would include "student matters, personnel matters pertaining to attorney-client privilege," and said the resolution would take effect immediately and be made public when the need for nondisclosure no longer exists.

During roll call earlier in the meeting several members responded "Here," while at least two members were marked absent on the record; the transcript does not provide a complete, attributed tally of votes. The chair called for the vote to enter executive session and the meeting recorded multiple "Aye" responses; the board approved the motion to meet in closed session. No substantive details of the student or personnel matters were discussed on the public record.

The board moved into executive session; the clerk said the matters would be disclosed to the public when nondisclosure is no longer required.