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Board votes to go into closed session to discuss superintendent contract under Virginia code
Summary
The board moved and by roll call voted to go into a closed meeting under Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1) to discuss prospective candidates and the superintendent contract; the board certified afterward that only exempt matters were discussed.
Near the end of the work session, the School Board moved and seconded a motion to convene a closed session to discuss personnel matters, specifically the superintendent contract, under Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1).
The motion was read into the record and seconded. The clerk called the roll and members indicated affirmatively; the board then met in closed session and subsequently adopted the required certification that only lawfully exempt matters were discussed. "This open public meeting...become a closed meeting pursuant to Virginia Code section 2.2-3711," the motion read; after the closed session the clerk recorded the certification language and the roll-call certification.
Why it matters: the board's invocation of the statutory closed-session exemption indicates the meeting moved from public budget discussion to a personnel deliberation covered by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The public record taken at the meeting shows the board complied with the statutory motion and post-closed-session certification at the public meeting.
No additional public action or vote on the superintendent contract was recorded in the open minutes at this meeting.
