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Windsor Board of Education holds executive session to interview superintendent candidate; session and adjournment approved unanimously
Summary
At a March 12 special meeting the Windsor Board of Education voted 9-0 to enter executive session to interview a candidate for the superintendency, excused Acting Superintendent Dr. Noha Abdel-Hady for deliberations, returned to open session at 9:00 p.m., and adjourned the meeting.
The Windsor Board of Education met in a special session March 12, 2026, and unanimously voted to enter executive session to interview a candidate for the district superintendency, the board record shows.
Board member Leonard Lockhart moved “Move the Board of Education enter into executive session for the purpose of interviewing a candidate for the superintendency,” and Mr. Paul Panos seconded. The motion passed unanimously (Yes: 9, No: 0), and the board reported it entered executive session at 6:05 p.m.
The board’s record notes that Acting Superintendent Dr. Noha Abdel-Hady was in attendance at the meeting but was excused while the board conducted deliberations and contract negotiations. The record also states that Mr. Jeremy Halek, Ms. Becky Jacobsen and Mr. Nathan Wolliston attended the meeting virtually.
The board returned to open session at 9:00 p.m. and then adopted a motion to adjourn, again moved by Mr. Lockhart and seconded by Mr. Panos; that motion also passed 9-0. The minutes of the March 12 special meeting were later approved at the board’s March 17, 2026 regular meeting, according to the record.
The minutes identify the meeting start time (6:02 p.m.), the executive-session start time (6:05 p.m.), and the return to open session and adjournment at 9:00 p.m. The record contains no public comments and lists the following board members as present: Ms. Maxine Davis; Mr. Jeremy Halek; Ms. Becky Jacobsen; Mr. Leonard Lockhart; Mr. James Madison; Mr. Paul Panos; Ms. Ayana Taylor; Mr. Nathan Wolliston; and Ms. Tracey Zotter. Tracey Zotter is recorded as the Windsor Board of Education secretary on the minutes.
The meeting agenda and minutes indicate the executive session was convened specifically to interview a candidate for the superintendency and for board deliberation and contract negotiations. The minutes do not disclose the identity of the candidate or any decision reached in open session about a hire or contract. The record also contains a final line reading “Pacy Zara” immediately before the signature block; the minutes do not explain that phrase, and its meaning is not clarified in the record.
