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Fowler board holds executive sessions to discuss personnel and student matters
Summary
The Fowler board went into multiple executive sessions on Jan. 13, citing the Kansas Open Meetings Act to discuss non-elected personnel and matters affecting a student; the meeting reconvened at 9:47 p.m. and adjourned at 9:49 p.m. No outcomes from the closed sessions were disclosed in the transcript.
During its Jan. 13 meeting the Fowler Public Schools Board of Education moved several times into executive session to discuss non-elected personnel matters and matters affecting a student, citing the non-elected personnel exception under the Kansas Open Meetings Act.
Motions to enter executive session were made by TJ Milford and seconded at various times by board members; the motions set return times including 9:00 p.m., 9:20 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 9:40 p.m., and 9:45 p.m. All motions carried on recorded votes. The board also took a five-minute break under a separate motion; that motion carried as recorded.
The transcript does not record any outcomes, personnel actions, disciplinary findings, or student-specific decisions arising from the closed sessions. The board reconvened the open meeting at 9:47 p.m. and adjourned at 9:49 p.m.
By citing the Kansas Open Meetings Act the board documented its legal basis for closing the meeting to protect individual privacy, but the minutes do not disclose whether any party requested a public hearing or whether any formal personnel action was finalized following the executive sessions.
