Board affirms superintendent’s expulsion of Student A after closed session; action recorded 7‑0

After an executive session convened under Colorado law, the Poudre School District Board of Education voted 7‑0 Oct. 21 to affirm the superintendent’s Sept. 16, 2025 decision to expel “Student A” from Blevins Middle High School through May 27, 2026.

The board convened a closed session earlier in the evening under Colorado’s open‑meeting exceptions for matters involving student privacy and attorney consultation (CRS 24‑6‑402(4)(h), (g) and (b) were cited in the motion to go into executive session). The motion listed individuals authorized to attend the closed session, including Superintendent Brian Kingsley, lead assistant superintendent Dr. Tracy Geill, school principal Joe Zappa and legal counsel.

When the board reconvened in public, a director moved that the board affirm the superintendent’s decision and adopt the determination and order of expulsion. The motion was seconded and the roll call vote recorded: Jim Brokesh, Kristen Draper, Connor Duffy, Kevin Havelda, Scott Schoenbauer, Andrew Spain and Jessica Zamora voted in favor. The motion carried 7‑0; the board directed that the determination and order be served on the student and the student’s parent or attorney by hand delivery or certified mail, return receipt requested.

The board’s public action did not include additional detail about the factual basis for the superintendent’s decision. The district cited student‑privacy rules and the confidentiality of disciplinary proceedings when declining to release more information at the meeting. The names of minor students were not used in the public record; the district referred to the student as “Student A.”