School board approves two yearlong expulsions; consent and travel items pass

The School Board of Palm Beach County voted this evening to expel two students from the district's regular public school program for one calendar year, and approved multiple procedural items including the consent agenda and six board travel requests.

Superintendent Michael Burke presented the expulsions as formal recommendations, saying, "I recommend the board expel student 2425X-one from the regular public school program at the school district of Palm Beach County for 1 calendar year from the date of the offense. I also recommend the student be allowed to re reenroll in a comprehensive campus on January 2025, if certain conditions specified in the attached final order are met." After discussion and a motion by Erica Whitfield, seconded by Marsha Andrews, the board voted to adopt that recommendation. The board's recorded outcome was that the motion "carries with 4 board members in favor, and Miss Branch and Mr. Ferguson opposed." The record identifies the action as an expulsion with conditions set in the attached final order; the order itself was not read into the record.

The board then considered a second recommended expulsion.…