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February 26, 2013

College trustees to hold Friday meeting

Corsicana —

The Navarro College Board of Trustees have scheduled a special meeting for 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2013,  in the president’s dining room in the Walker Dining Hall.

Trustees will have a dinner at 6 p.m., then at 7 p.m. go into a closed session to confer with an attorney regarding pending tax abatement litigation, and discuss items regarding the presidential search.

Following the closed meeting, trustees will return to open session to take any action on items discussed during the closed session.

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