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Board debate centers on whether superintendent retreat should be open; attorney says evaluator matters can be closed
Summary
Board members debated whether parts of a planned retreat should be open under New Jersey's Open Public Meetings Act. Board counsel advised that establishing superintendent goals and evaluative measures is personnel business that may be discussed in closed session; the board voted to enter closed session.
At the Dec. 4 meeting the East Brunswick Board of Education spent an extended portion of its time discussing whether the upcoming board retreat should be open to the public under the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) and whether the superintendent’s 100‑day plan and goals must be discussed in public or may be addressed in closed session.
One board member cited guidance from the New Jersey School Boards Association that "if a quorum of the board and you intend to discuss public business, then the…
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