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Votes at a glance: Batavia Board affirms principal discipline, approves trip and routine business items
Summary
At its meeting the board affirmed a principal's disciplinary decision in executive session, authorized communication to the student and parent, approved an international trip and passed routine administrative motions including appointment of election personnel and policy updates.
The Batavia Board of Education recorded several formal actions at its meeting, including an executive-session decision to affirm a principal’s disciplinary decision involving a particular student, authorization for the board president to notify the student and parent, approval of an international trip and multiple routine administrative approvals.
Executive-session outcome: The board met in executive session to consider an appeal of a principal suspension. After deliberation the board voted to affirm the principal’s disciplinary decision concerning the particular student; the board then voted to authorize the board president to communicate the decision to the student and the student’s parent. The motion to affirm the principal’s decision was moved from the floor and seconded by Miss Benedict; the motion to authorize the president to communicate the decision was moved and seconded during the same executive-session sequence. The transcript records only the substantive motion text and voice votes; no identifying information about the student was disclosed in open session.
Other motions the board approved by voice vote during the public meeting included: - Approval of the international trip to Germany and Switzerland (moved by Miss Anderson; seconded by Miss Landay). - Grouping and approval of consent items K through R (moved by Miss Lebedeck; seconded by Miss Anderson). - Appointment of the annual district election board of registration and election inspectors (mover not specified in the public transcript; motion approved). - Approval of the notice of public hearing for the budget, vote and election (moved by Miss Lefebvre; seconded by Miss Anderson). - Waiver of second reading and approval of Erie 1 BOCES policy revisions (moved and seconded as recorded; Miss Metvein was among those making/seconding motions during the item). - Approval of a resolution authorizing a medical and/or psychiatric exam (motion offered and approved as recorded). - A motion to adjourn the meeting (moved and seconded; approved).
The transcript records voice votes (“All in favor? Aye”) for most motions; the public record did not include individual roll-call tallies for each member for these items.
