Woodland Park School District RE-2 board approves agenda, moves into executive session on litigation and charter contract

The Woodland Park School District RE-2 Board of Education approved its meeting agenda and voted to enter an executive session to receive legal advice on a pending federal case and to discuss negotiation strategy for the MR Academy charter contract and a related facilities-use group.

The board’s presiding officer called for a motion to approve the agenda; a member moved and another seconded. On roll call, members Barkley, Davidson and Green Street each answered “I,” and the presiding officer announced that the agenda was approved.

Shortly afterward the presiding officer asked for and received a motion to move into executive session under Colorado statutes CRS 24-6-424(B), to confer with the board’s attorney about pending litigation in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and CRS 24-6-424(E), to discuss and develop negotiation strategy and instruct negotiators regarding the MR Academy charter contract and a "Facilities Use Group." A partial case reference was read aloud as “Joshua … versus Woodland Park School District,” and a partial case number was recorded in the meeting exchange as "125-C485-SKC-MDB." The transcript does not include a full plaintiff surname.

A board member told colleagues they had “a very sensitive work deadline” and might need to step out of the executive session and return later; meeting staff said they would note that possibility in the record. The board then proceeded with roll call and entered the executive session as moved.

No formal votes on policies, contracts or budget items were taken in the public portion of the meeting; the recorded public action was approval of the agenda and the board’s decision to enter a closed executive session for attorney consultation and negotiation strategy.