The Virginia Beach City Public Schools Board voted to recess into a closed session at 00:07:52, citing statutory exceptions to the open-meetings law covering personnel matters, probable litigation and consultation with legal counsel. Vice Chair Weems read the motion aloud and Ms. Dwyer seconded it.

The motion recited the Code of Virginia exemptions and enumerated topics to be discussed, including “discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective candidates for employment…disciplining…or resignation of specific public officers” and “consultation with legal counsel and briefings…pertaining to actual or probable litigation,” language read into the record by Vice Chair Weems.

The clerk announced a vote to enter closed session; the tally reported in the record was nine ayes. After returning from closed session, the board read a certification required by Va. Code § 2.2-3712 that only matters lawfully exempted from open-meeting requirements were discussed and that only the matters identified in the motion were considered. The certification motion was moved by Ms. Dwyer and seconded by Ms. Rogers; the clerk recorded nine ayes and one abstention on the certification.

The board placed its certification and the minutes verifying the closed session into the public record and proceeded to administrative reports and departmental presentations.