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Update: Friday, April 6 at 4:20 p.m.:

It's official. Lori Winslow will not be the principal of Blair Oaks Elementary School come next year.

That's the news after a unanimous vote by the Blair Oaks School Board Thursday night in a special meeting.

In February, the board voted to not renew her contract for the 2012-13 school year.

District officials say she lost teacher evaluations and that's the main reason why she wasn't rehired.

After an outcry from parents and Winslow, the board re-looked at the issue which included nearly 14 hours worth of testimony this past Saturday.

On Tuesday and Thursday night, the board looked over that testimony. Then at the end of last night's closed session meeting, voted to not renew her contract- sticking with their original decision.

Original Story:

Thursday night, school board officials at Blair Oaks could decide the fate of Lorie Winslow, the current elementary school principal.

This is the second closed session meeting they've had since Saturday's open hearing.

At that hearing, the school board listened to several pieces of testimony, as did the few hundred in the audience.

"There's been a lot of discussion, but, you know, it's our duty to very carefully consider and deliberate with an open mind and a high degree of objectivity, this matter," said school board president Greg Russell.

Blair Oaks superintendent Dr. Jim Jones was as this meeting, but he did not take part in the closed session portion with the rest of the board.

"To maintain the integrity and fairness of the process, it will be just the seven members of the board of education," said Dr. Jones.

If a decision is made, it will be made public in 72 hours.