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Vice Chair Weems moves board into closed session citing probable litigation and safety protocols; motion passes 8-0
Summary
Vice Chair Weems moved the Virginia Beach School Board into closed session under Code of Virginia 2.2-3711 (subdivisions noted) to consult with legal counsel on probable and pending litigation and to discuss plans to protect public safety; the motion passed with eight ayes and the board subsequently certified the closed session by recorded vote.
The Virginia Beach School Board voted to recess into closed session during its administrative workshop for reasons the motion listed under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
"I move that the school board recess into closed session in accordance with the exceptions to open meetings law set forth by Code of Virginia 2.2-3711, parts a, paragraph 7 and 19," Vice Chair Weems said, reading the statutory citations and naming the purposes for the closed session: consultation with legal counsel on probable or actual litigation, briefings by staff or consultants where public discussion would harm the board's negotiating or litigating posture, and discussion of plans to protect public safety as they relate to terrorist activity or specific cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities.
The motion — read into the record with further citations to section 2.2-3712(d) and subdivisions of 2.2-3705.2 — was seconded and carried. The clerk recorded "8 ayes," and the board later certified the closed meeting by recorded vote with the same tally.
The board adjourned the workshop at 5:32 p.m. and planned to reconvene at 6:00 p.m.
The motion and certification were read on the public record and included the statutory citations recited above; no further details of the closed session deliberations were released at the time of adjournment.
