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Darien SD 61 adjourns to closed session on personnel matters, returns and adjourns

Darien SD 61 Board of Education · December 16, 2025
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Summary

The board moved into closed session at 8:06 p.m. to consider personnel and related matters under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), returned to open session at 10:32 p.m., and adjourned the meeting. Votes to enter and return were unanimous.

At 8:06 p.m. Karen Buckels, board president, motioned the board to adjourn to closed session to consider personnel matters and complaints permitted under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1); the motion was made by Allyson Renell and seconded by Katherine Fujiura and carried on a unanimous roll-call vote. "Mrs. Buckels moved the BOE to adjourn to closed session for the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees... 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)," the minutes record.

The board returned to open session at 10:32 p.m., then immediately moved to adjourn. Both the return to open session and the adjournment were approved by voice votes with no recorded nays. The minutes provide the statutory basis for the closed session but do not record the substance of personnel deliberations, consistent with statutory confidentiality.