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Lindop School District 92 board convened executive session citing Illinois Open Meetings Act exemptions
Summary
At its June 24 special meeting, the Lindop School District 92 board voted to enter closed session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1),(4),(8),(9) and (10) to discuss personnel, student discipline, school safety and related matters; the motion passed at 6:07 p.m.
During the June 24, 2026 special meeting, the Lindop School District 92 Board of Education voted to enter executive session to discuss personnel matters, evidence related to hearings, safety and security procedures, student disciplinary cases, and special education placements. Mr. Dawson moved the motion and President Patterson seconded; the board approved the motion at 6:07 p.m. with five recorded yes votes and two members not voting because one was absent and one arrived later.
The minutes record the precise legal citation used by the board: "5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1), (4), (8), (9), and (10)," the statutory exemptions to the Illinois Open Meetings Act that permit closed deliberations for the matters the board listed. The motion text was entered into the minutes and the board reconvened open session at 6:34 p.m. The minutes do not record the content of the executive session because state law permits those discussions to be closed to the public.
"Motion by Mr. Dawson, Seconded by President Patterson that the Board go into closed session under 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1), (4), (8), (9), and (10) to discuss: The appointment, employment compensation, discipline, or performance, of specific employees of the public body, evidence or testimony presented in open hearing, or in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law, security procedures, school building safety and security, student disciplinary cases, and the placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students at 6:07 p.m."
The minutes note that Ms. Griffin arrived during the executive session; they do not include verbatim discussions that took place while the board was in closed session, consistent with the exemptions cited.
