Proviso Township HSD 209 board votes to enter closed executive session citing litigation, personnel, bargaining and student matters

The Proviso Township High School District 209 Board of Education voted on May 12, 2026, to go into a closed executive session citing litigation, personnel matters, collective bargaining and student-related issues, the chair announced as the meeting convened at 5:33 p.m.

The chair opened the meeting and asked Miss Smith to call the roll before asking, "Can I get a motion to retire to executive session for the purposes of a, litigation ... b, the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees ... c, collective negotiating matters ... or d, matters related to individual students," citing Illinois statute 5 ILCS 120/2 (sections c(11), c(1), c(2) and c(10)). Miss Smith replied, "So moved," and the Moderator seconded.

Miss Smith then called a roll-call vote on the motion. The votes recorded in the transcript were: Miss Molinaro — Aye; Missus Hagen (also transcribed elsewhere as Hakesen) — Aye; Missus Ocampo/O'Campbell — Aye; Miss Morris — absent; Doctor Fisher — Aye; Miss Barbagall/Barbourhead — Aye; Miss Smith — Aye. The chair then announced the board would go into closed session at 5:35 p.m. The transcript records that the motion carried.

The meeting record in the transcript contains inconsistent name spellings for several members (for example, O'Campbell vs. O'Campo; Hakesen vs. Hagen; Barbagall vs. Barbourhead). Where possible this article uses the names as they appear in the roll call recorded in the transcript. The board did not record further public business before recessing into the closed session.

The executive session was convened under the Illinois Open Meetings Act exemption 5 ILCS 120/2; the board did not disclose public details of the matters to be discussed in open session.