[Board Open/Closed Session on February 4, 2026.]
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MCVICKER HERE. MR. KORN. NO PARTICULAR PASSION FOR YOUR. MR. KORN. PRESENT. THANK YOU, MRS. HAHN. AS THE CITY CLEARS THIS MATTER. PRESENT. MISS BRUCE HERE. MRS. ALVAREZ.
PRESENT. MISS MARCAIDA HERE. MRS. PERRY. PRESIDENT PAGE, I'LL MARK HER WHEN SHE JOINS THE SESSION. AND PRESIDENT PAGE. THANK YOU. YVONNE. HERE. THANKS. THAT COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL.
OKAY. EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED. SO ARE YOU ALREADY THE PRESIDENT? LAUREN, I, I BELIEVE I'M ACTING DOCTOR MUELLER. AND IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT YVONNE TO ADDRESS ME, THAT'S PERFECTLY OKAY. I. OKAY, I JUST JUST I WAS JUST CONFUSED. THANK YOU. LOOKING TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY HERE YET? I STILL DON'T SEE HER. OKAY. THE BOARD IS NOW IN OPEN SESSION.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS OPEN SESSION IS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AN ACTION REGARDING A POTENTIAL CLOSED SESSION. BEFORE THE BOARD CONSIDERS THIS ACTION, IT NEEDS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT. THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY. IN LIGHT OF THE LIMITED NATURE OF THIS OPEN SESSION. I SO MOVE.
THIS IS MELISSA I SECOND. A POTENTIAL CLOSED SESSION IS BEFORE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
THE BASIS FOR THIS CLOSED SESSION IS TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE 300 AND 5B7 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE OF THE MARYLAND CODE. THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE SESSION. SO MOVE. CAROL BRUCE.
SECOND. SO JUST A QUESTION. SHOULDN'T WE VOTE ON THE OPEN MOTION? OH, THAT'S MY FAULT.
I'M SORRY GUYS, I'M DISTRACTED WHILE I'M TRYING TO WAIT FOR MISS PERRY TO JOIN. SO YES.
SORRY. LET ME GO BACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE HAD A MOTION A SECOND. DO I HAVE MISS ROLL, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. SEWELL, HERE. NO, SORRY, WE'RE NOT HERE. I'M SORRY. YES. DOCTOR. MUELLER? YES. SHOULD. OKAY, AGAIN I APOLOGIZE. SHOULD WE TAKE THE VOTE? SHOULD WE HAVE THE MOTION ABOUT ALLOWING JAMES TO BE IN THE CLOSED SESSION BEFORE WE GO TO CLOSED SESSION? VERY GOOD POINT. SO, YES, WAVING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. LET'S DO THE WAVING PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST. MR. MCVICKER. YES. MR. KORN? YES. MRS. HAHN YES, MISS BRUCE. YES. MRS. ALVAREZ YES, MR. CURTIS YES. MRS. PERRY? I DON'T
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THINK SHE'S JOINED US YET. SO, PRESIDENT PAGE, I'M SORRY. ACTING PRESIDENT PAGE. YES.THANK YOU. THIS MOTION PASSES. MISS PAGE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST TO JOIN YOU GUYS IN CLOSED SESSION TODAY. SO I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, PURSUANT TO SECTION G32 OF THE MARYLAND CODE. EDUCATION ARTICLE 36801, INVITE THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, MR. TREY MCVICKER, TO ATTEND THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ADDRESSING MATTERS IN WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER IS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED FROM VOTING. I SECOND MISS ROLLO, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MRS. PERRY. OKAY. I DON'T BELIEVE MRS. PERRY HAS JOINED MR. SEWELL HERE. I'M SORRY. YES, I DID THAT AGAIN. YES, DOCTOR. MUELLER? YES. MR. MCVICKER. YES.
WELL, MISS. MR. WARNER, POINT OF ORDER. I DON'T KNOW, MR. MCGREGOR CAN VOTE TO ALLOW HIMSELF INTO A CLOSED SESSION. I BELIEVE HIS VOTE IS PREFERENTIAL. OKAY. MR. KORN, WHAT IS YOUR VOTE? NO. JUST TO KNOW. OKAY, MRS. HAHN. NO. MISS BRUCE. YES. MISS ALVAREZ? YES.
MISS. NEURITIS. YES. PRESIDENT. PAGE. YES. THIS MOTION PASSES SIX TWO. THANK YOU. OKAY. A POTENTIAL CLOSED SESSION IS BEFORE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. THE BASIS FOR THIS CLOSED SESSION IS TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE, 300 AND 5B7 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE OF THE MARYLAND CODE. THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE SESSION. CAROL BRUCE. SO MOVED. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES YES YES YES.
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