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Sunshine Memo 09-13
Board of Education Executive Session
Notice and Procedures
A member of the public asked whether the Board of
Education (“BOE”) violated the Sunshine Law when it
convened an executive session to evaluate Dr. James Shon, then Executive
Director of the Charter School Administrative Office.
OIP found that:
(1) the agenda, which identified the matter to be considered in
the executive session as “Evaluation of the Executive Director
of the Charter School Administrative Office,” was sufficiently
detailed to apprise the public of the BOE’s discussion on
Dr. Shon, which reasonably included consideration of whether his
performance justified continued employment;
(2) the agenda provided reasonable notice to Dr. Shon of his evaluation,
thereby allowing Dr. Shon to exercise his right to require the BOE
to consider his evaluation in a meeting open to the public; and,
(3) the BOE complied with the procedural requirements to convene
its executive session by properly voting in an open meeting and
publicly announcing the purpose of the executive session.
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