River Falls School Board votes to enter closed session to discuss employee resignation and separation agreement

The River Falls School Board voted to enter closed session to discuss a resignation and a potential separation agreement for an employee, the chair announced at the start of a special meeting.

The chair read the statutory basis the board relied on for the private session, stating that the board was invoking state law permitting discussion of "employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any public employee" and of "financial, medical, social, or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons." The board said it would discuss and potentially take action on a resignation or separation agreement.

Alison moved to go into closed session; the transcript records the motion as "So moved." The chair then called for a roll call. Several board members responded "Yes" on the roll call and the board proceeded into closed session. The transcript records affirmative roll-call responses but does not provide which members cast each vote. No second to the motion was recorded in the provided transcript.

By statute, a closed session for the personnel topics cited allows the board to discuss personnel matters and certain private information away from the public. The meeting record as provided does not show any further details of the proposed separation agreement, any terms discussed, or whether the board took any formal action on the employee matter while in closed session.

The special meeting began with no public comments and moved directly to the personnel item; no public testimony or additional agenda items were recorded in the provided transcript. The transcript ends after the roll call that sent the board into closed session, and the board did not state a next public meeting date or further procedural steps in the recorded segments.