Board acknowledges June 8 open meeting violation, enters executive session to cure it

At the June 30 meeting, Vice Chair Trish Robertson moved that the Caldwell School District Board of Trustees acknowledge an alleged open meeting law violation that occurred during the June 8 executive session and cure it pursuant to Idaho Code 74-208. Robertson said the earlier motion had cited Idaho Code 74-206(1)(B) when the purpose of the session required reference to 74-206(1)(A).

"I move that the board of trustees of the Caldwell School District acknowledge that an open meeting law violation occurred at the regular board meeting in executive session held on Monday, June 8th, 2026," Robertson said, according to the transcript, laying out the board's intention to declare null and void any action arising from that session and to reconsider matters in compliance with state law.

Following that motion, the board moved to enter executive session on the record under Idaho Code 74-206(1)(A) to consider hiring-related evaluations. The motion to enter executive session was made and seconded; a roll call vote recorded Aaron Sullivan, Trish Robertson, Travis Manning, Manuel Godina and Sam Stone each voting yes, and the board entered executive session.

The board later returned to regular session, and the meeting adjourned. In the transcript the board characterizes the executive-session discussion as "information only." The board did not record, in the provided transcript, any subsequent public action reversing or affirming specific hiring decisions; it stated only that actions from the June 8 session would be reconsidered in compliance with Idaho open meeting law.