Forest Hills Board moves to closed session for superintendent evaluation; minutes approved by voice vote

The Forest Hills Board of Education convened a special meeting and moved into a closed session to conduct the superintendent's evaluation after a motion and second and a voice vote approving the action.

Board proceedings opened with procedural announcements that the meeting would conduct district business and was not a community public hearing; attendees were told public comment occurs at the beginning of the meeting and to complete comment cards if they wished to speak. The board then considered and approved the minutes by voice vote after an opportunity for discussion; the transcript records one or more affirmations of 'Aye' and no opposed voices were recorded.

A motion "to move into closed session for the purpose of conducting the superintendent evaluation" was introduced during the meeting and, following a second, the board voted by voice to enter the closed session. The transcript records the motion language and that members voted 'Aye' to approve the move into closed session; the transcript's speaker labels do not unambiguously identify who formally moved and who seconded.

After returning to open session, the board advanced to the superintendent report. Unidentified Speaker 1, a board member who led much of the meeting, stated, "And superintendent is everything's going fine." The same speaker also thanked community members for attending bond meetings, saying, "I appreciate the, community members who went to the bond meetings. It was, I just thank them for coming and getting up an evening to come and hear about bonds." The board offered brief praise for the Student Advisory Council, described in the meeting as "amazing."

No additional business was raised and the meeting was adjourned.

Notes on recordkeeping: the transcript captures voice votes but does not provide numeric tallies or named vote records for the minutes approval or the closed-session motion. The motion to enter closed session was recorded and approved by voice; the transcript does not contain a formal public vote on personnel decisions while in closed session.