Mt. Vernon — A special, closed-session meeting of the Mt. Vernon Township High School Board of Education yielded very little public information on Thursday night.

After an approximately 5-hour closed session, the meeting finally adjourned with no action taken on the personnel matters discussed.  Superintendent Dr. Michael Smith did hand the media a 35-page packet that reflects on his achievements since his hiring in 2009.

The packet (which can be viewed here) states in the opening paragraph that, “The district was in severe financial trouble, low performing academically, lacking operational infrastructure and technology, and struggled with crumbling facilities. Michael Smith has resolved most if not all of those issues in his last 8 years as superintendent.”

As of now, the next MVTHS Board Meeting will be its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 21.

This meeting and the Wednesday, January 25, closed session were held in the wake of social media postings from concerned citizen Randy Olson. Those posts have been in response to the board’s decision on Tuesday, January 17, to remove the athletic director position from the administrative team effective with the 2017-18 school year.

You can view the entire 35-page release here.