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Board addresses personnel in closed session; authorizes president to communicate with superintendent
Summary
Under Texas Government Code 551.074 the board met in closed session to consider personnel matters and subsequently authorized the board president to prepare communication to the superintendent regarding matters discussed in closed session; specific personnel actions were not detailed in the open minutes.
The board entered a closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.074 to consider personnel matters involving the superintendent, central administration, campus and classroom teachers including hires, resignations, reassignments and discipline.
After closed session the minutes record: "I move that the White Oak Board of Trustees authorize the board president to prepare communication to the Superintendent as discussed in closed meeting." The open minutes do not specify the content of that communication or record a public vote tied to specific personnel actions; agenda items listed retirees, hiring, and a consideration to hire an administrator (10.b.1) but no open-session approval of a specific administrator hire is recorded in the public minutes.
Because personnel deliberations occur in closed session, the public record appropriately omits confidential particulars; the minutes do note the board's direction for the president to follow up with the superintendent in writing as authorized.
