Natchez-Adams school board holds closed session to hear two disciplinary appeals; no public action taken

The Natchez-Adams School District Board of Trustees met in a special-called session Dec. 17, 2024, at the Braden Administrative Building and entered executive session to hear two student disciplinary appeals and to discuss possible litigation and a personnel matter. The meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m. by Board President Amos James Jr.

The board first approved the meeting agenda as printed after a motion by Secretary LLJuna Grennell Weir and a second by Vice President Phillip West; the roll-call vote was recorded 3-0 in favor. Vice President West then moved, and Secretary Weir seconded, that the board determine whether to go into closed session; that motion carried on a 3-0 roll-call vote. The board announced that the executive session would address student matters, potential litigation and personnel matters under the scope allowed by law.

In executive session the board heard two disciplinary decision appeals. The board also discussed possible litigation and directed the district attorney to send the necessary correspondence to the involved party. A separate personnel matter was discussed during the executive session; no formal action was taken on personnel during the meeting.

Assistant Secretary Dr. Brenda Robinson entered the meeting at 3:47 p.m., according to the minutes. The minutes record that the board returned to open session and then adjourned; the return-to-open-session motion is recorded as moved by Dr. Cecile Dianne Bunch and seconded by LLJuna Grennell Weir, with a roll-call vote recorded as 4-0. The minutes then show a motion to adjourn moved by Phillip West and seconded by Dr. Cecile Dianne Bunch; the adjournment vote is recorded as 4-0. The minutes state the meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.

The minutes do not record any public votes or decisions on the disciplinary appeals or on the personnel matter; the only formal, recorded actions in open session were the agenda adoption, the determination to enter closed/executive session, the announcement of the topics to be discussed in executive session, and the return to open session and adjournment. The board directed its attorney to take follow-up correspondence related to the potential litigation; no further public timeline or next meeting was specified in the recorded minutes.