Will County SD 92 board holds closed session on personnel, special education, property pricing and litigation

The Board of Education of Will County School District 92 entered closed session during its Feb. 18, 2025, special meeting to consider personnel matters, individual student special-education placements, pricing for sale or lease of district property and litigation.

The agenda listed the reasons for the closed session as: "the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees [Pursuant of 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)], the placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students [Pursuant of 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10)], setting a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6)], and litigation [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)]." The text above is taken verbatim from the meeting minutes.

President Dusterhoft called the special meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and roll call recorded members Gorecki, Ferkaluk, Tidwell, Przybyl and Dopke as present; member Washington joined at 6:35 p.m. Superintendent Kirsten Frankovich and Assistant Superintendent of Business Dave Blatchley were also present. The board then moved into closed session for the listed statutory purposes; the public minutes do not disclose what, if any, actions were taken during the closed session.

Because the matters cited fall under closed-session provisions of the Illinois statute (5 ILCS 120/2), the minutes do not provide details of individual personnel deliberations, student placements or litigation strategy. The record shows that the board recessed for closed session and later returned to complete the meeting, which ended with a formal adjournment at 6:45 p.m.