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Palm Beach school board opens special meeting for expulsions, then moves to closed session
Summary
The Palm Beach County School District board convened a special meeting to process expulsions, opened the public portion, called roll, and then entered a closed session for the private portion of the expulsions process.
The Palm Beach County School District board met in a special session to address expulsions and immediately moved the substantive portion of the discussion to a closed session. The meeting opened with superintendent Michael Burke, general counsel Sean Bernard, inspector general Teresa Michael and board clerk Tony Sinclair in attendance; board clerk Tony Sinclair called the roll and confirmed the presence of board members from Districts 1 through 7.
Board members present were Matthew Lane (District 1), Virginia Savieto (District 2), Karen Burrell (District 3), Erica Whitfield (District 4), Gloria Branch (District 5), Marsha Andrews (District 6) and Edwin Ferguson (District 7). After the roll call, the board exited the boardroom to conduct the closed portion of the expulsions meeting, as announced by the chair. The board previously noted that the public portion of the special expulsions meeting would open and close in public before the closed deliberations.
The board also announced that the day’s schedule included a workshop and an additional special meeting to follow. Viewers were told they could access the meeting via Comcast channels 234 and 235, U-verse channel 99, the district’s YouTube link on PalmBeachSchools.org or a listening-only phone line. No substantive expulsions discussion or votes were conducted in the public transcript provided.
