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School board votes to enter closed attorney‑client session over pending litigation
Summary
At a June 8 special session, Chair Ruben Colon asked the board to go into an attorney‑client executive session to discuss pending litigation. The board approved the motion (moved by Miss Prosper, seconded by Jesse Thompson), met in closed session for about an hour, then reconvened and adjourned at 2:44 p.m.
Chair Ruben Colon opened a special school board session on Monday, June 8, at 2:02 p.m. and introduced agenda item 2.01, asking the board to consider advice from counsel on pending litigation.
"I'll entertain a motion to go into executive session for pending litigation," Colon said, and the board recorded a motion by Miss Prosper with a second from Miss Jesse Thompson. The chair called for a voice vote; several members responded "aye" and the chair declared the motion passed.
Colon announced that a closed attorney‑client session would commence immediately and named those authorized to attend: himself (Chair Ruben Colon), Donna Brosmer (representative for District 4), Jesse Thompson (representative for District 3), Dr. Carmen Balgobin (superintendent of schools), Dr. Gilbert Evans (school board attorney), and Miss Brandy Rude of the law offices of Wilkerson and Rude. He stated that staff were not permitted to attend the attorney‑client session and estimated the meeting would last about one hour.
The board reconvened after the closed session. "At this time, the attorney client session has concluded, and the public meeting is hereby reopened," Colon said; he noted the time as 2:44 p.m. and adjourned the special meeting.
No details of the litigation were discussed in the public record due to attorney‑client privilege. The motion and the roster of those authorized to attend the closed session were the principal public actions recorded in the minutes.
