The Farber School Committee voted to enter executive session on Tuesday to "consider the purchase or value of real property," citing Massachusetts law, after a public exchange in which member Mister Dias accused administrators of failing to notify him. The motion to enter executive session under Massachusetts General Laws chapter 30A, section 21(a)(6) passed on a roll call vote with six members in favor and one opposed.

Mister Dias said he had repeatedly emailed the superintendent, the mayor and the committee and received no callback. "I want to go on the record and express my profound disappointment with both the administration and school committee leadership for the lack of transparency in calling for this meeting," he said during the public portion of the meeting. Dias said he asked multiple times and received no explanation about why the committee planned to meet behind closed doors.

The superintendent told the committee she had responded after the weekend and that the agenda had already been posted by the time she read the member's third email. She said she did not feel comfortable sharing details in public because "the chair has determined that an open session may have a detrimental effect on negotiating position of the school committee." The chair read the legal basis for the executive session aloud at the meeting.

Several members urged a calmer tone as the exchange continued. Mister Ayala and others called for a public response from the chair and the superintendent to address Dias's concerns. Miss Pereira said she had replied to Dias's message when she saw it, and other members urged clearer, consistent communication going forward.

On the roll call to enter executive session, the transcript records Yes votes from Mister Haggia, Mister Bailey, Mister Corey, Miss Laramie, Miss Perera and Mayor Kugel; Mister Dias voted No. The chair announced the committee would go into executive session and later returned the body to open session and moved to adjourn.

The committee did not provide details of the real property matter in open session, citing the statutory allowance to confer in private about purchase or valuation when public discussion could harm negotiating positions. No additional public actions or votes on the underlying property matter were taken during the recorded session.