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Monday, December 06, 2010
Executive Session RE: Complaint and Possible Litigation
The Board has scheduled a meeting in Executive Session (private) for 4:30pm to 5:15pm on Wednesday, December 8 before the regular legislative meeting.
Executive session to discuss complaints against a public employee and to discuss potential litigation with legal counsel
Does anyone know what this is about?
7 comments:
Anonymous
said...
I wonder if it has to do with Garfield staff. I was at a talk with KSB and there was a lot of discussion about the coaches and Secretary (?) being involved with 'legal'. Central Parent
I bet they are talking about your ethics complaint against the Sup, and any other ethics complaint filed against her, and Mr. Treat's having hired an outside lawyer to defend against (oops, I meant investigate) those complaints. Or hey, maybe he has hired one outside attorney to investigate her, and another to defend her.
Actually, I don't think the purpose of executive session is to maintain secrecy of the topic but to maintain the confidentiality of the details, the strategy, and the opinions of the participants.
So, for example, it would do no harm to hear that there has been a complaint from a worker charging that a manager broke a work safety law while keeping confidential the names of the persons involved, the District defense plan (including the amounts they are willing to settle for), and the opinions of the Board members and the general counsel.
7 comments:
I wonder if it has to do with Garfield staff. I was at a talk with KSB and there was a lot of discussion about the coaches and Secretary (?) being involved with 'legal'.
Central Parent
More specifically the football/athletic staff, right?
Comments 1 & 2: No.
Charlie,
There is a reason it is in executive session; meaning, it is not something that the public has a right to know - yet.
Read the laws on this.
Gee Arnold, they are just wondering aloud about a meeting right before a public meeting. I don't think there's a law against thinking outloud.
Charlie,
I bet they are talking about your ethics complaint against the Sup, and any other ethics complaint filed against her, and Mr. Treat's having hired an outside lawyer to defend against (oops, I meant investigate) those complaints. Or hey, maybe he has hired one outside attorney to investigate her, and another to defend her.
Just my thoughts.
Actually, I don't think the purpose of executive session is to maintain secrecy of the topic but to maintain the confidentiality of the details, the strategy, and the opinions of the participants.
So, for example, it would do no harm to hear that there has been a complaint from a worker charging that a manager broke a work safety law while keeping confidential the names of the persons involved, the District defense plan (including the amounts they are willing to settle for), and the opinions of the Board members and the general counsel.
@Charlie - I meant to imply confidentiality, not secrecy.
@Melissa: Gee Melissa,I was just providing my insight. I was not saying that he could not think outloud.
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