The Denver Gazette: A key executive session preceding a former superintendent’s abrupt January resignation is raising questions about how Cherry Creek School District conducts its closed-door meetings under the Colorado Open Meetings Law.

The Jan. 27 executive session was convened to discuss Chris Smith’s mid-year evaluation.

The closed-door meeting came as the board confronted allegations involving district contracts, travel spending and potential conflicts of interest involving Smith and his wife, former Chief Human Resources Officer Brenda Smith, who was later fired. Before the meeting ended, Smith resigned as superintendent.

According to the meeting minutes, the board met for about three hours in executive session. But only one hour of that was with Smith, the publicly stated reason for the closed-door meeting.

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