Open Meetings, Will Mr. Rowland Keep His Promises

Dear Mr. Rowland,
During the last campaign season you promised to have open meetings. That was the theme for some reason. I believe Mr. Lee said the same thing. I understand that it may take you a little while to get settled in to your new post, but the last meeting had executive session. For those of you who don't know what executive session is; it is when the board goes and talks about things they don't want you to know about. Like disciplinary actions against teachers or administrators. They don't feel like we need to know who's been bad. After all we only supply the money. But as I have pointed out this is an illegal action. Once they put on the agenda that the work session was about the discipline of a teacher. I emailed everyone (the board) asking when the evidence was presented to the people, as state law requires evidence to be presented in public, with no response. Mr. Rowland you can not discuss things like that in executive session without the people knowing the evidence first. This happens all the time and it needs to stop. This statement must go:
There are three subjects which cannot be addressed in an open public meeting:
1. Individual personnel information that deals with an employee's job performance.

There are two more but I do agree on those since they involve minor, except for when the parent wants to make their child’s name public. That is their right.

But the first must go. Because than the only way to get info out on bad employees is to go to the paper and than all hell breaks loose.

Can anyone cite for me the law that states you can not talk about an employee’s job performance at the meetings? No you can't because there is not a law that says that. There is no law stating that executive session is require, it clearly states may go into executive session. MAY!!!!

Mr. Rowland I am going to hold you to your promises and I look forward to working with you to make this the best school district in the country not just the state.