School board moves to hold closed session to discuss personnel matters

The chair opened a special school board meeting and announced that six of seven members were present, establishing a quorum.

Board member Miss Morris moved that the board go into closed session "as allowed under item(s) A1 of section 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia for resignations, appointments, and transfers of specific employees," according to the transcript. The chair recorded a second and identified Mr. Goodman as the seconder. The chair then asked if there were any comments or questions and called for "All in favor?" The provided excerpt ends before a roll call or vote result is recorded.

The statute cited, §2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Code of Virginia, authorizes certain closed sessions for discussion of personnel matters. The board’s stated reason for the closed session in the transcript was to consider resignations, appointments and transfers of specific employees, which are typical personnel topics covered under that provision.

No additional details about the specific employees, any motions to appoint or accept resignations, or the outcome of the vote appear in the excerpt provided. The meeting record in this excerpt therefore documents only the motion, the second and the call for a vote; it does not record whether the board voted to enter closed session or any subsequent action taken in the closed session.

The transcript excerpt ends at the point the chair called for a vote; the next procedural steps and any formal outcomes are not present in the supplied text.