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Celina ISD board holds extended closed session citing investigations involving student Caleb Elliott
Summary
The board cited Texas Government Code §§ 551.071, 551.074, 551.082 and 551.0821 and met in closed session beginning at 6:35 PM to consult with counsel and deliberate on personnel and student-related matters described in the agenda as involving 'Caleb Elliott.'
The Celina ISD Board of Trustees moved into closed session at 6:35 PM on Jan. 12 under several exceptions to the Texas Open Meetings Act. The agenda cites Texas Government Code Section 551.071 (attorney consultation), Section 551.074 (personnel deliberations), Section 551.082 (employee-complaint hearings) and Section 551.0821 (student-identifiable deliberations).
Agenda items 3.D.1 and 3.D.2 specifically list consultation and deliberation regarding pending investigations involving "Caleb Elliott" and related administrative matters affecting district administrators. The transcript records those agenda items but does not record the content of closed deliberations, which is consistent with the statutory exemptions. The board reconvened to open session at 12:15 AM and announced that no action was taken on items discussed in closed session.
Because the transcript also contains a public-comment reference to "Bill Elliott" (in a separate segment), the record includes inconsistent name spellings; the board did not clarify the apparent discrepancy in the public portion of the meeting. The closed-session citations and the reconvened announcement are recorded in the public minutes; no vote or personnel action is recorded in the open portion of the transcript.
