4) TRANSCRIBE CLOSED MEETINGS!

Audiotape board executive sessions, transcribe the discussion, and archive the records as directed by law.

Executive sessions now last too long and too little is accomplished. Much of the delay and inefficiency arises from trustees disputing what been previously discussed. A record of established agreements will help trustees avoid re-fighting old battles and carrying on historic grudges. The school district's legal advisors admit such recordings are legal, although there may be some legal risk, in a lawsuit, to having recordings subject to "discovery". In practice the risk of public embarrassment should lead to more efficient, professional, conduct by all trustees during these closed sessions.

http://www.oag.state.tx.us/AG_Publications/pdfs/publicinfo_hb.pdf