The Pagosa Springs Sun: The Tuesday, Feb. 14, Archuleta School District (ASD) Board of Education meeting turned into a lesson on the Colorado Open Meetings Law.

Toward the end of the meeting, Superintendent Linda Reed said, “That was on my little list of things to talk with you afterwards …”

We pondered — what exactly is on that list? Why can’t she talk about that list during the public meeting?

Reed proceeded to explain that she was referring to “a proposal” that two teachers had presented to her and board president Greg Schick. During the brief and somewhat cryptic conversation, Schick acknowledged having talked to “a couple” of board members about “that.” Reed indicated that they would “follow up on ‘that’ after the meeting.”

Most people at the meeting who were trying to understand “that” conversation were left in the dark; however, anyone who understands Colorado’s Open Meetings Law was put on high alert.

The SUN asked Schick on Monday to help us understand what had transpired in “that” conversation. In an effort to not have a public conversation about public board business, the board president had spoken to at least two board members about the teachers’ proposal in an effort to hear their opinions on the proposal outside the public’s eye.

What we have here is a textbook example of a “walking quorum,” when the board members gave their opinion of the proposal in sufficient numbers to reach a quorum.

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