"What happened in our closed sessions is confidential... I’m not in a position to go back and replow that ground."

So said Madison School Board member Ed Hughes about what happened just before one of 2 finalists for superintendent withdrew.

There were 5 other semifinalists, and there was supposed to be a community forum between the 2 finalists, but Walter Milton Jr. dropped out after this closed session that Hughes doesn't want to talk about.

So we were deprived of the community forum, and the position was given to Chicago Public Schools administrator Jennifer Cheatham, who was at that point, the only finalist.

Now, Milton is expressing himself saying he "was told this wasn’t going to go well" and he ought to withdraw, which he did.