Thompson School District board votes to enter executive session on bargaining and superintendent evaluation

The Thompson School District R-2J Board of Education voted to move into an executive session to develop collective bargaining strategy with the Thompson Education Association and to discuss personnel matters, including the superintendent’s evaluation.

Board member Lori Goble moved ‘‘that the board proceed into executive session pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(e) 1 and 3 for the purposes of developing the strategy of the school district for negotiations relating to collective bargaining with the Thompson Education Association and pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(f) for the purpose of discussing personnel matters, including the superintendent's evaluation,’’ and Nancy Rumpfeld seconded the motion. The board then conducted a roll-call vote; members recorded as voting "Aye" included Stu Boyd, Lori Goble, Alexandra Lesson, Nancy Rumpelt (as recorded during the vote), and Mike Scholl. The motion carried.

The chair said the board would enter executive session with Dr. Heller, Tiffany Rogers, Bob Ebersole, Sarah Rasmussen and Laura Lee Ehlers and would return to the dais at about 6:30 p.m. "No votes will be taken," the chair said. The cited legal authority for the closed session was Colorado Revised Statutes §24-6-402, which the board read aloud when making the motion.

The action is procedural: the board used a public meeting to vote to meet in executive session under state law. The transcript records the motion text, the second and the roll-call "Aye" votes but does not record any substantive discussion or outcomes from the executive session itself; the chair explicitly stated no votes would be taken during the closed session.

The board did not state any additional public follow-up timeline beyond the announced return to the dais at about 6:30 p.m. The names listed as attending the executive session were provided by the chair at the public meeting.