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Board member urges colleagues to keep personnel information confidential
Summary
During employment approvals at the April 2026 Baldwin County Public Schools board meeting, a trustee argued that personnel information was reaching the public and asked colleagues to 'keep things that are undercover undercover'; the chair did not record a follow-up or directive in the meeting.
During consideration of employment approvals at the Baldwin County Public Schools April 2026 board meeting, a trustee raised a concern about confidential personnel information reaching the public. The trustee said there appeared to be breaches of information flow and urged colleagues: "please keep things that are undercover undercover, and don't release it to people that don't need that information."
The chair responded, "I don't I don't know what you're talking about," and no formal inquiry or direction to staff was recorded in the public portion of the meeting. The superintendent had noted that the personnel items under discussion were included in materials provided to trustees "under separate cover," indicating the details were distributed to board members but not read into the meeting record.
The transcript does not show a motion to investigate the alleged disclosure, nor does it show a staff report or response providing specifics about the source or scope of any information that may have been shared. Because the board did not record further follow-up in the meeting, the claim remains unresolved in the public record.
