Parents and community members urged the Central Union High School District Board of Trustees on Sept. 9 to reconsider a school-level disciplinary decision that removed a senior from Associated Student Body (ASB) duties after a personal TikTok post.

The students’ mother, Melissa Lara, told the board her daughter, Misha Lara, is an AP student, dual-enrolled at Imperial Valley College and a longtime student leader. "Misha is not a troublemaker. She is not disrespectful," Melissa Lara said, adding the student deleted the video after realizing how it might be interpreted. She asked the district for a proportionate consequence such as Saturday school or probation instead of complete removal from ASB.

The issue drew multiple speakers during the public-comment period who said official school social-media accounts have posted or promoted videos using songs with explicit, sexual or drug-related lyrics. Frances Mejia, who said she has known the Lara family for years, showed board members a staff‑appearing TikTok in which the principal appears in a classroom scene set to a song whose lyrics she read aloud (the transcript provided the lyrics with partial censorship). Mejia said those posts blurred staff‑student boundaries and questioned why adults were permitted to appear in such videos while the student received a harsher penalty.

Lawrence Castaneda and others echoed that the punishment was disproportionate, saying personal student accounts and official school accounts appear to be treated differently. At least one commenter asked what monitoring process the district uses for official accounts or for students’ personal accounts.

Board President Newsham and other trustees did not take formal action on the matter during the meeting. Trustees were told Superintendent Dr. Farkas had met with the family and had another meeting scheduled, and the superintendent’s office is handling follow-up. No new disciplinary directive from the board was recorded in the public session.

Why it matters: The comments raised concerns about consistency in discipline and the district’s social‑media oversight. Parents framed their request as both a call for fair treatment of an individual student and a request that district staff review official posting practices that community members say expose students to suggestive or explicit material.

Background and details: Melissa Lara said her daughter posted the TikTok “as a trend” and did not know the meaning of the sound when she posted it; she deleted it after understanding how others might interpret it. Commenters provided examples from district or school-associated accounts (as read in public comment) of videos set to song lyrics that include profanity, sexual references or drug references. Speakers said some of those posts were produced or promoted by staff and official school accounts and asked who is accountable for reviewing and approving content on those official channels.

What the board said/do next: Board members noted the superintendent had already met with the family and that a further meeting was scheduled; no formal board vote or reversal of the school’s disciplinary action was made in open session.

Ending: Parents requested that the district apply a fair and proportionate discipline policy and review staff-managed social postings. The superintendent’s office is handling the case and follow-up meetings were reported by speakers at the Sept. 9 meeting.