Elbridge, NY -- The Jordan-Elbridge School Board has said it will hold a special meeting Monday, that includes an executive session. The board did not say on its website what the executive session will be about. It was criticized Friday by state Supreme Court Justice Donald A. Greenwood for not being specific enough in stating to the public the...
Frank Miller (left), lawyer for the Jordan-Elbridge School District, stands in state Supreme Court Wednesday with Stephen Ciotoli (right), representing suspended J-E High School principal David Zehner, who is in the background. Zehner successfully sued the district, saying it improperly hired Sue Gorton to be superintendent.Elbridge, NY -- The Jordan-Elbridge School Board has said it will hold a special meeting Monday, that includes an executive session.
The board did not say on its website what the executive session will be about. It was criticized Friday by state Supreme Court Justice Donald A. Greenwood for not being specific enough in stating to the public the need for executive sessions.
In a voice mail message left at The Post-Standard, School Board President Mary Alley said she will be consulting with the district’s attorney about the exact wording for the need for the board to go into executive session.
“I don’t have the wording right now,” she said.
The remaining members of the school board did not return phone calls seeking information about the special meeting.
Notice that a special meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the high school library was posted on the district’s website Friday evening at about 9 p.m.
The regularly scheduled board meeting is at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the high school’s auditorium.
Friday state Justice Greenwood threw out whatever action the board took to appoint Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Sue Gorton as interim superintendent Nov. 1.
David Zehner, the district’s suspended high school principal, had challenged the appointment saying that it was made in executive session and violated the state law.
This is the second time Greenwood has ruled in favor of the public's right to know what's going on in the district.
On Sept. 24, the judge ruled that a severance agreement between the district and outgoing superintendent Marilyn Dominick must be made public. She leaves at the end of the month.
To see our previous coverage of the school board click here.