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Board upholds hearing officer findings in closed‑session student matter
Summary
After a 15‑minute executive session on a student personnel matter, the Board of Education moved to uphold the hearing officer’s findings in a closed‑session matter; the board recorded a 7‑0 vote.
Following a 15‑minute executive session April 7 to discuss a matter involving a student, the Wichita Public Schools Board of Education returned to open session and voted to uphold the findings of the hearing officer.
The board entered executive session to discuss matters involving a student’s privacy rights and noted the session would include general counsel, the superintendent and the board clerk. No motions were taken in executive session. After returning to open session, Board President Latona Hoyt called for a motion to uphold the hearing officer’s findings; a board member moved, a second was recorded, and the motion passed 7–0.
Because the discussion concerned student privacy, the board did not disclose substantive details in open session. The board’s public action was limited to a motion to uphold the hearing officer’s findings, which the record shows passed unanimously.
