Amanda Garner addressed the board during public comment to describe what she called unfair and inconsistent discipline applied to her daughter, Skyler Garner, on the student’s first day of driving to school.
Garner said two school safety officers confronted Skyler in the parking lot, yelled at her to move her car and told her, “your car won't be there when you get back,” which the parent said felt like intimidation. Her husband was on the phone at the time, she said, and heard the officers yelling. Skyler complied later when told to move the car and, according to Garner, was pulled from class that morning for a meeting with the principal and dean. Garner said Skyler was told not to park in the lot again and that the matter appeared resolved, but was later removed from class a second time during a quiz and ordered to move her car across campus, costing class time and leaving the student shaken. The assistant principal later assigned detention for “refusing to follow directions,” Garner said; the assistant principal had not been in the first meeting.
Garner said Skyler is an honors student with no prior discipline problems, that the lot where she parked lacked visible permit signage and that only a handful of cars displayed parking passes among dozens parked there. She asked the board to review the handling of the incident, remove the detention from Skyler’s record and ensure district discipline is applied consistently and without retaliation.
Board response: the transcript records the public comment and the parent's request; no board action or formal response beyond the public-comment period was recorded in the excerpt.
Ending: the parent asked the board to review the case and ensure consistent, non-retaliatory application of discipline policies; the board has not recorded a follow-up action in the meeting transcript provided.