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School board approves expulsion and affirms superintendent's decision on separate student appeal
Summary
After a closed session, the Chesapeake School Board voted to expel one student and to support the superintendent's recommendation on an appeal under school board policy 5-12 for a second student.
Chair Angie Swigert presided as the Chesapeake School Board moved from closed session to take action on student disciplinary matters. Superintendent Dr. Cotton recommended that "student number 1 be expelled," and the board approved that recommendation by voice vote.
The board also considered an appeal under school board policy 5-12 concerning a separate student. Dr. Cotton moved to support the superintendent's recommendation on that appeal; the motion was seconded and the board approved it by voice vote.
Both items were discussed in closed session under the authority the board cited at the start of the meeting: the Code of Virginia 2.2-3711 (personnel, student disciplinary, and legal matters). When the board returned to open session, Vice Chair Kim Scott moved a resolution that "the only items discussed in the closed meeting were those specifically cited in the motion to convene."
The meeting record shows the board adopted the motions as presented and recorded that the motions carried "with all board members present voting yes." The board did not provide additional details about the incidents or the students beyond the motion language used in open session.
Because the discussions and deliberations on these cases took place in closed session and the board gave only the formal motions and outcomes in open session, the public record in the meeting transcription contains only the board's formal actions and the titles of the policies and statutes cited.
