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Board convenes closed session on labor negotiations; two members leave remote connection

Albert Lea Area Schools School Board · March 16, 2026
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Summary

The board entered a closed session at 6:15 p.m. under Minn. Stat. sec. 13D.03 to discuss labor negotiations; two trustees who had joined by Google Meet stopped joining during the session, and the board returned to open session at 7:47 p.m.

The board voted to go into closed session at 6:15 p.m. pursuant to Minn. Stat. sec. 13D.03 for labor negotiations (motion Schindler/Hoffman); the motion carried 7-0. The minutes record that Mary Jo Dorman and Davy Villarreal stopped joining by Google Meet during the closed session.

The board returned to regular session at 7:47 p.m. on a motion by Neal Skaar seconded by Angie Hoffman; that vote was recorded 5-0. The board then moved to adjourn on a motion by Gary Schindler and seconded by Neal Skaar; the adjournment vote was recorded 5-0. The minutes do not record substantive outcomes from the closed session in open session.