Stamford School District board retreats into executive session for superintendent evaluation

The Chair called the Stamford School District special board retreat to order on July 23, 2024, at 7:04 a.m. and announced two agenda items would be handled in executive session: the superintendent’s evaluation and the board’s self-evaluation. The Chair said, “I’d like to call the meeting to order,” and later, “We are now gonna go into executive session.”

According to the transcript, a motion to go into executive session was recorded as "moved by Vershailles" and "seconded by Michael." The Chair told the board that Tom Mooney and superintendent Lucero would join the closed session, and then asked, "All in favor of going into executive session?" The transcript does not record individual votes or a formal tally; the board proceeded into the executive session as announced.

Before the executive session, the Chair read the participants present for the retreat, naming Andy George, Michael Hyman, Michael Laravina, Versha Munchie South, Gabby Koch, Jackie Heathnath and the Chair. The record does not make clear which individual named "Michael" seconded the motion; the attendance list shows two board members with the given name Michael.

The transcript contains no further public discussion of the evaluation topics; the matters specified for the closed session are personnel evaluations, which are customary subjects for executive session under state law and were treated as confidential in this meeting. The public portion of the meeting ended when the board moved into the closed session.