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Board met in closed session to consult attorney and deliberate property, personnel and security matters
Summary
The board retired into closed session at 5:47 PM under multiple Texas Open Meetings Act exceptions to consult with counsel and deliberate litigation, property, donations, personnel evaluations and a trustee vacancy, security deployment, student discipline and employee-complaint matters; the board returned to open session and took no appointment action.
"The Board retired into Closed Session at 5:47 PM in room C113," the minutes record. The meeting minutes enumerate the statutory bases for the closed session under the Texas Open Meetings Act, including consultation with legal counsel about litigation (551.071), deliberation over the purchase/exchange/value of real property (551.072), a negotiated contract for a prospective gift (551.073), personnel matters and evaluations including a board member vacancy (551.074), deployment of security personnel or devices (551.076), student discipline and employee complaints (551.082 and 551.0821), standards/guidelines in consultation with employee groups (551.083), and excluding a witness during examination (551.084).
The minutes do not disclose confidential specifics of those deliberations; the record shows only statutory reasons for the closed session. The board returned to open session at 6:57 PM and considered the appointment process but took no action as recorded.
