Lindop board cites Open Meetings Act for closed session on personnel, security and student matters

The Lindop School District 92 Board of Education convened a closed session at its June 13 special meeting under the Illinois Open Meetings Act, citing subsections 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), (4), (8), (9) and (10) to discuss personnel and student matters. The motion to enter closed session—moved by Mr. Patterson and seconded by Mr. Myrick—lists the specific statutory reasons: personnel (appointment, employment, compensation, discipline or dismissal of specific employees), security procedures and student disciplinary and special-education placement issues.

Minutes state the closed session occurred and the board reconvened in open session to take public action. The closed session call and the listed statutory subsections are included verbatim in the meeting record. The minutes do not disclose the closed-session discussion content, consistent with the cited exemptions in the statute.

The closed session is recorded in the packet and minutes; the closed session meeting entry lists a start time in the packet and an adjournment of the closed session at 6:37 p.m. The board again adjourned the open session at 6:42 p.m. and scheduled its next regular meeting for June 17, 2025.