San Ramon Valley Unified board votes to enter closed session on personnel and labor negotiations

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved a motion to adopt a closed-session agenda Tuesday and adjourned into closed session to discuss a personnel appointment and labor negotiations.

Board members were present and introduced themselves at the start of the special meeting: Laura Brett (Area 3), Rachel Herd (Area 5), Jesse Vanzy (Area 1), Susanna Ordway (Area 4) and Shelley Clark (Area 2). A meeting moderator opened the session and announced it was being video recorded and live-streamed on the district’s YouTube channel.

The chair read the closed-session items, listing 5.1 "Public employee appointment, Government Code Section 54957," naming positions described in the transcript as "program supervisor special education B" and "assistant principal high school," and 5.2 "Conference with Labor Negotiators, Government Code Section 54957.6," identifying the District-designated representative as Melanie Jones and listing employee organizations transcribed as "Servia, CSEA, CIU, Management." The board then requested a motion to adopt the closed-session agenda.

A board member moved to adopt the closed-session agenda and another member seconded. The clerk called the roll; Bratton, Herd, Vanzy, Ordway and Clark each recorded affirmative responses. The chair announced that the motion passed and the board adjourned to closed session.

No votes on substantive items were taken in public during this special meeting; the agenda indicates the board intended to address personnel appointment(s) and labor negotiations in closed session under the cited Government Code sections. The board did not specify timelines, candidate names, or negotiated terms on the public record during the portions of the meeting provided in the transcript.