Summit Daily News: Discussion that occurred in what the Summit School District said is an unintentionally released executive session recording sparked backlash from the Summit County Education Association. 

The agenda for the executive session — which was part of the Wednesday, Nov. 19, Summit School District Board of Education meeting — stated the district’s reasoning for the closed-door meeting was “for the purposes of the (board)/superintendent personnel check-In” and was “part of the superintendent’s annual evaluation process.” A news release sent out by the Summit County Education Association Sunday, Nov. 23, stated the executive session “was, in reality, more than an hour of board members berating (Summit County Education Association) President Joe Kassay and other advocates for Education Support Professionals seeking a collective bargaining agreement.”

The Summit County Education Association also accused district officials of having discussions that bordered on “political plotting” in the executive session relating to onboarding newly elected board members.

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