Board votes to enter closed session for mid‑year evaluation of superintendent

The Sartell‑St. Stephen School District Board of Education met in a special session at 6:30 p.m. and voted to move into closed session to conduct the mid‑year evaluation of Superintendent Dr. Rivard.

Unidentified Speaker 2 called the special meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and led the board through opening formalities. The board then approved the meeting agenda after a motion recorded by Unidentified Speaker 2 as “Motion by Jen, second by Chelsea.” Several board members responded “aye” and the chair declared the agenda approved.

Later in the meeting, Unidentified Speaker 2 asked for a motion to go into closed session. Unidentified Speaker 3 moved that the board close the meeting "pursuant to Minnesota statute 13D.05 subdivision 3(a) for employee evaluation, the mid‑year evaluation of our superintendent Dr. Rivard," and Unidentified Speaker 1 seconded. The board called for verbal votes; members said “aye” and the chair stated the motion carried. The transcript does not specify numeric vote tallies or how each board member voted.

The board then moved into the closed session to carry out the mid‑year performance evaluation of Superintendent Dr. Rivard. The public portion of the meeting was paused at that point so the board could discuss personnel matters permitted by the cited statute.

No further substantive items, motions, or public discussion were recorded in the public transcript before the transition to closed session. The meeting record in the transcript ends with the board entering closed session for the superintendent evaluation.