Chair announces new meeting night; board votes to enter executive session

The chair of the Smith County School Board announced a change to the board's regular meeting schedule, saying, "Tonight's kind of starting a new era. We've changed our meetings from the third Tuesday nights to the third Monday nights ... so we'll be meeting on Monday nights." The announcement came at the start of the public meeting.

The change matters for residents who attend or watch board meetings because it shifts the recurring weekday when public sessions are held. Board members did not provide additional details in the public remarks about the reason for the change or whether the calendar adjustment will affect committee or special meeting schedules.

Before moving to business, the chair read a list of prior requests and memorials, naming community members including Vivian Korchusky (referred to as "Miss Kay"), Sue Hale, Eddie Christian, Cissy Lawson, Linda Brannon, Joe Taylor, Scotty Lewis, Danny Clark, June Mcaleb, Courtney Taylor, John Pigg and Jerry Huff's granddaughter, and led the assembly in the Lord's Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Later in the agenda the chair said the board had "kind of a long agenda tonight" and requested a motion to go into executive session. A motion and second were voiced; the board responded with an "aye" vote and no opposition was voiced. The chair then directed members of the public to leave so the board could hold the executive session.

The public transcript does not state the subject matter or legal basis for the executive session, nor does it record who made the motion or who seconded it. No formal votes on policy items were recorded in the public portion of the meeting before the board left for the executive session.

The meeting's public record ends with the board entering executive session; any actions taken there, or the time the public meeting resumed, are not recorded in the provided transcript.