Dixon USD 170 board moves into executive session with IASB representative, returns and adjourns

The Dixon USD 170 Board of Education met in special session April 22, 2026, and adjourned to an executive session to meet with an Illinois Association of School Boards representative for a self‑evaluation of practices and professional ethics.

Board President Linda Wegner called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. The agenda and related materials had been electronically distributed to board members and media on March 24, 2026, and the meeting was recorded; the district posted a link to the video after the meeting. Vice‑President Brandon Rogers moved at 5:05 p.m. to adjourn to executive session for the stated purpose of "self‑evaluation, practices and procedures or professional ethics" when meeting with a representative of a statewide association; Kathleen Schaefer seconded the motion. The transcript records the motion and second; no vote or roll call for that motion is specified in the public minutes.

The board returned to open session at 8:25 p.m. on a motion by Kathleen Schaefer, seconded by Brandon Rogers. The transcript records a roll call vote: voting yea were David Fritts, Linda LeBlanc‑Parks, Brandon Rogers, Kathleen Schaefer, Jon Wadsworth and Linda Wegner; there were no nays. Following return to open session, Mrs. Linda LeBlanc‑Parks moved to adjourn the special meeting and Mr. Brandon Rogers seconded; the meeting was adjourned at 8:26 p.m. with "all were in favor." Secretary Melissa Gates was recorded as absent for the meeting. Incoming Superintendent Melydi Huyett and IASB representative Laura Martinez were noted as present.

No items were listed under Citizen's Agenda, and the minutes do not record substantive public comment or other board actions beyond the executive‑session adjournment, the recorded return to open session vote, and formal adjournment. The district recorded the session and made the video available after the meeting.