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Pennfield Schools board fails to reach two-thirds vote to enter closed session
Summary
A Nov. 11 motion to enter closed session under section 8(h) of the Open Meetings Act did not succeed because the board did not achieve the required two-thirds roll-call vote; individual tallies and mover/second were not recorded.
At its Nov. 11, 2025 workshop, the Pennfield Schools Board placed an agenda item to enter a closed session "as permitted by section 8(h) of the Open Meetings Act." The transcript records that the board did not enter closed session because the required two-thirds roll-call vote was not achieved. The transcript does not list who moved or seconded the motion nor record individual votes.
Attendance and timing recorded in the minutes may have been a factor: the roll call lists Austin Brown and Jennifer Sheldon as absent; Tim Wood is recorded as arriving at 6:19 p.m., and Stephen Herbstreith is recorded as leaving at 6:20 p.m. The minutes say only that the required two-thirds vote was not achieved; no vote tally is provided. The meeting returned to open session, there were no board comments recorded, and the workshop adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
