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Oracle board schedules campus threat-assessment presentation, holds executive session on real-property negotiations
Summary
The board scheduled a Sept. 9 study session that will include a presentation by the superintendent and a Pinal County Sheriff's deputy on a campus-wide threat assessment and temporarily met in executive session Aug. 12 to discuss negotiations over real property under ARS 38-431.03(A)(7).
The Governing Board of Oracle Elementary School District No.2 scheduled a 4:30 p.m. study session on Sept. 9, 2024 to include a presentation by Superintendent Nehrmeyer and Deputy John Rice of the Pinal County Sheriff's Department on a campus-wide threat assessment. The regular board meeting on Sept. 9 is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
At the Aug. 12 meeting the board invoked Arizona Revised Statutes 38-431.03(A)(7) and entered executive session at 6:25 p.m. to consult with designated representatives and consider its position regarding negotiations for the purchase, sale, or lease of real property. The board returned to public session at 7:01 p.m. The minutes record the statutory authority cited but do not disclose details of the negotiations discussed during the executive session.
The scheduling of a threat-assessment presentation signals the boards intent to discuss campus safety with county law enforcement at a public study session; the minutes do not record public comment on the security item at this meeting. The executive session was recorded with start and end times but, consistent with the statutory exemption for negotiations, the minutes provide no substantive public record of the discussion.
Next steps: the Sept. 9 study session will include the planned threat-assessment presentation; the board has no additional public record of outcomes from the Aug. 12 executive session in these minutes.
