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San Ramon Valley Unified School District board approves closed session to discuss pending litigation and labor negotiations
Summary
Trustees approved a motion to move into closed session to discuss a pending litigation matter (case no. 20250412774.2) under Government Code section 54956.9 and labor negotiations under Government Code section 54957.6, with the district's designated representative Melanie Jones listed for talks with employee organizations.
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education voted to adjourn into closed session at the start of its meeting after the chair read items on pending litigation and labor negotiations.
The chair told the board the meeting was being recorded and livestreamed on the district's YouTube channel before reading the closed-session agenda, which listed discussion of pending litigation under Government Code section 54956.9, subdivision (a), including a case identified in the transcript as 20250412774.2, and anticipated litigation under the same code for one case. The agenda also named Government Code section 54957.6 conference with labor negotiators, identifying Melanie Jones as the district's designated representative and listing employee organizations referenced in the reading (SRBa, CEA, CEIU) and unrepresented employees.
Trustees present introduced themselves during roll call: Laura Brett (Trustee, Area 3), Rachel Herd (Trustee, Area 5), Jesse Vanzy (Trustee, Area 1), Susanna Ord (Trustee, Area 4) and Shelley Clark (Trustee, Area 2). "Hi, I'm Laura Brett. I represent Area 3," Brett said during the roll call. After the chair finished reading the closed-session items, a trustee moved to accept the closed-session agenda and another trustee seconded. The chair called for a voice vote; the board answered in the affirmative and the chair announced that the motion carried.
The board then recessed to closed session. The chair asked whether there was any public comment before adjourning; none was recorded in the transcript provided. The meeting record indicates the board planned to return to open session at a later time, but the time of reconvening was not specified in the transcript.
No substantive discussion of the litigation or negotiations occurred on the public record in the provided transcript; the items were presented as closed-session topics only. The motion to accept the closed-session agenda is recorded as passed by voice vote; the transcript does not name the trustee who made the motion or the second, nor does it provide a roll-call tally.
