Vernonia School District scholarship committee meets in executive session to review applications

The Scholarship Committee of the Vernonia School District 47J Board of Directors convened at 5:04 p.m. April 28, 2025, in the Vernonia Schools main conference room to review scholarship applications, according to the meeting minutes. The committee cited Oregon Revised Statutes 192.660(2)(f) and held the meeting in executive session, noting that records considered were exempt from public inspection.

Committee members recorded as present were Greg Kintz, Joanie Jones, Javoss McGuire and Amy Cieloha; Barb Carr, administrative assistant, was listed as staff present and no visitors attended. The minutes state the committee reviewed and discussed scholarship applications and the subsequent scoring sheet, but provide no public detail about individual applicants or scores because of the statutory exemption. The session adjourned at 6:35 p.m.

Because the deliberations occurred under the cited executive-session authority, the public record does not include the committee’s detailed evaluations or any final selections reached during that closed portion of the meeting. The meeting document is signed or marked by "Board Chair Gell" with a date line of 04-03-2023; the minutes list the meeting date as April 28, 2025, and the signature-date discrepancy is noted in the record.