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Board approves prior minutes and votes to enter executive session on litigation
Summary
The board approved prior meeting minutes by roll call and voted to enter executive session to discuss strategy in a pending civil case (Doe et al. v. Commissioner and Board).
During routine business, the board moved to approve the minutes of its last meeting and recorded a roll-call vote. The clerk called the roll and members recorded "yes" votes from Member Chamberlain, Member Fisher, Member Grant, Member Hills, Member Mohamed, Member Harsha, Member Smitty, Member Stewart (Aye), Member West, Chair Katherine Craven and Secretary (recorded as yes). The motion to approve the minutes passed.
At the end of the open meeting the chair read the executive-session notice required by Massachusetts General Law (chapter 30A, section 21(a)(3)) and the board voted to enter executive session to discuss litigation strategy in the case Doe et al. v. Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The roll call returned a majority yes and the board adjourned into the designated room for executive session; the open meeting did not reconvene afterwards.
These actions were procedural and part of the board’s regular governance; no additional substantive business was taken in open session after the roll call to enter executive session.
