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Board moves into closed session to consider legal options on grievance after union member comments
Summary
The board moved into closed session to consider a legal option regarding a grievance after Jaime Onken, a middle school teacher and union member, urged the board to consider the union's collective voice. Closed session ran from 6:11 to 6:54 p.m.
The Fennville Public Schools Board of Education voted to move into closed session to consider a legal option regarding a grievance and later returned to open session at 6:54 p.m.
The motion to enter closed session was made by Ross Thiele and supported by Paul Hapke. The roll-call vote on the motion listed Ayes: Hapke, Bosby, Thiele, Hicks, Michele, Pena-Smith and Sanchez; Nays: None. The board entered closed session at 6:11 p.m. and returned to open session at 6:54 p.m. after a companion motion by Juliet Michele supported by Angie Pena-Smith and a roll-call vote with the same Ayes recorded.
Before the closed-session votes, Jaime Onken, a middle school Reading/EL Specialist Teacher and union member, spoke during the public participation period and addressed Action Item #3. Onken urged the board to consider the union as the collective voice of its members as the board moved toward a decision. The minutes record this comment but include no recorded response or further public elaboration in open session.
