Board moves into closed session to consider superintendent’s recommendation on a contract principal

At the March 17, 2026 special meeting, the Wayne County Board of Education voted to go into closed session to consult with legal counsel and to hear matters required to be confidential by law, including a superintendent’s recommendation for the dismissal of a contract principal.

The chair said the hearing was being held in accordance with North Carolina statutes cited in the meeting record and referenced federal student-privacy law as authority for confidentiality. The chair read aloud statutory citations and described the purpose of the closed session as consulting with legal counsel to preserve attorney–client privilege and to hear confidential student matters. The chair specifically referenced North Carolina General Statute provisions cited during the meeting and federal law protecting student records.

A board member moved to enter closed session under the cited statutes; another member seconded the motion. The chair announced that the vote was in favor and that the board was now in closed session. No public action on the superintendent’s recommendation was recorded in the public portion of the meeting transcript.

Because the hearing and any personnel determinations are confidential under the statutes and federal student-privacy law the board cited, the public transcript contains only the board’s motion and vote to enter closed session and does not record further details or personnel decisions.