Stockton Unified board holds closed-session superintendent evaluation; no reportable action

The Stockton Unified School District Board of Trustees recessed into a closed session during a special meeting to consider the performance evaluation of the district's certificated superintendent, the board announced. The closed session was facilitated by Robert B. Kaine, a consultant with the California School Boards Association, and the board later reported that no reportable action was taken.

The meeting opened with a moderator reading ground rules for public participation and decorum, citing the Brown Act. "The safety and decorum of the board's school board meetings are important to Stockton Unified School District and the community," the moderator said, and set procedures including a three-minute limit for each speaker, a podium in front of the first row for presenters, and a requirement that accredited press display credentials.

During roll call, President Kenneth Stevens and Trustees Isabelle Perez, Shauna Priest and Frank C. Silva were recorded present; Vice President Sophia Cologne and Clerk Donald Daire were recorded absent. The meeting noted an additional trustee arrived and was later changed to present. Trustee Shauna Priest led the Pledge of Allegiance. Evette was identified as the timekeeper and the board recorded that there were no public comments under the agenda item for closed-session business.

The board announced it would recess to closed session to "consider Stockton Unified School District public employee performance evaluation certificated superintendent of schools," citing Government Code section 54957 and naming Robert B. Kaine of the California School Boards Association as facilitator. The public record on reconvening states "No reportable action," indicating that the board did not take any action in open session that required public disclosure following the closed session.

The board then proceeded to the next agenda item, listed as Item 3.1.

Details recorded during the meeting include the moderator's stated public-participation rules (three-minute limit per speaker; maximum 132 chairs per fire code; podium and timekeeper procedures). The announcement cited Government Code —7 54957 as the statutory basis for closed-session consideration of public-employee evaluations. No motions, votes, or other formal actions were reported in public after the closed session.