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Brookings-Harbor board recesses to executive session to evaluate superintendent; returns and adjourns with no public action
Summary
The board recessed to executive session at 6:18 p.m. under ORS 192.660(2)(i) to review and evaluate employment-related performance of the chief executive; the session ran from 6:21–6:39 p.m., after which the board returned to public session and immediately adjourned with no public actions recorded.
At 6:18 p.m. on July 16, 2025, the Brookings-Harbor School District 17C Board of Directors recessed its public work session to enter an executive session under Oregon statute ORS 192.660(2)(i). The statutory reason recorded in the public minutes was: “To review and evaluate the employment-related performance of the chief executive officer of any public body, a public officer, employee or staff member who does not request an open hearing.”
The executive session was called to order at 6:21 p.m. and adjourned at 6:39 p.m.; the board returned to public session and immediately adjourned the work session at 6:39 p.m. The minutes record that no board actions or public discussion took place following the executive session. No votes, motions, or public directives were recorded in the minutes.
Attendance for the session (recorded before the executive session) listed Vice Chair Trish Walker presiding, Chair Jay Trost, Board Members Katherine Johnson and Alan Nidiffer, Superintendent Helena Chirinian, and Administrative Assistant Nancy Raskauskas-Coons; Board Member Janece Payne was absent. The minutes do not record any public statements about personnel outcomes or next steps at the public adjournment.
Because the cited statute authorizes private evaluation of personnel matters, the public minutes correctly limit details disclosed in the open record; the district did not announce any public action following the executive session.
