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Klamath County SD holds special meeting, recesses to executive session under ORS 192.660

Klamath County School District Board of Directors · May 20, 2026
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Summary

The board convened a special meeting on May 20, recessed to executive session under ORS 192.660(2)(h) and (f), then reconvened and adjourned after taking a motion to take no further action on a complaint.

The Klamath County School District Board of Directors called a special meeting May 20 at 4:15 PM at the district office and confirmed a quorum. Brooke Kliewer, the board chair, recessed the meeting at 4:16 PM for an executive session citing Counsel by Attorney [ORS 192.660(2)(h)] and Records Exempt from Public Inspection [ORS 192.660(2)(f)].

The board reconvened in open session at 4:53 PM. After returning to open session the board considered and approved a motion — moved by John Rademacher and seconded by Marc Staunton — to take no further action on a complaint and to delegate the chair to write a final written decision. The minutes record the final adjournment at 4:56 PM.

Staff and counsel listed as present included Director of Human Resources Jamie Ongman; Director of Special Services David Marshall; Chiloquin Elementary School Principal Rita Hepper; Executive Assistant Stephanie Bland; and counsel Elizabeth Polay of Garrett Hemann, appearing via Zoom. Board member Steve Lowell was noted as absent for the meeting.

The minutes cite the statutory grounds for the executive session; they do not disclose the subject matter of the complaint or the contents of the executive-session discussion, consistent with the statutory exemptions noted in the record.