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Board declines to waive policy to hear employee appeal; encourages administrative resolution
Summary
A member of the public requested the board hear an appeal of a Director of Schools decision. Board policy 1.404 requires administrative steps before the board will hear appeals; no motion to suspend the rule was made, and the board encouraged the employee to complete the administrative process.
The board reviewed a public request to appeal a decision of the Director of Schools. Board materials included Policy 1.404, which outlines the process for appeals to the board and states parties must attempt to resolve matters at the lowest administrative level before appealing.
Superintendent Dr. Weeks and the board clerk explained that to hear the appeal the board would first need a motion to suspend procedural rules and waive policy requirements. No board member moved to suspend the rules, and the chair asked that the person seeking appeal continue working through administrative steps. The superintendent said the policy allows a party who has exhausted administrative remedies to request a board hearing.
No suspension of policy was made and no appeal was heard at the meeting; the board recommended the individual schedule meetings with administration to pursue resolution through the established process.
