Kyrene Elementary Board votes 3-0 to hold executive session on superintendent—s long-term suspension decision

Good evening. At 1.1, call to order special meeting. Our special meeting is called to order at 5PM. Item 1.2, convening to executive session. Pursuant to ARS 15 8 43, the governing board may convene into executive session to consider the appeal of superintendent's decision to impose a long range, long term suspension on student a.

At the special meeting the presiding officer moved to enter executive session to consider an appeal of the superintendent's decision to impose a long-term suspension on a student. Vice President Nelson seconded the motion. The board voted "Aye," and the presiding officer announced that the motion passed 3 to 0. The board then met in executive session; the public transcript records only that the session occurred and is confidential under the statute cited.

Later in the evening the presiding officer moved to conclude the executive session; Vice President Nelson seconded. The motion passed 3 to 0, and the presiding officer stated that the executive session concluded at 6:09 p.m. The presiding officer then moved to adjourn the special meeting; Member Davis seconded, and the board voted 3 to 0 to adjourn.

The transcript identifies the subject of the executive session as an appeal of a superintendent's disciplinary decision and cites Arizona Revised Statutes §15-843 as the basis for holding a closed meeting on student disciplinary appeals. No public deliberations or outcomes about the disciplinary appeal were recorded in the open transcript; details of the executive-session discussion are confidential and not included in the public record.

No further actions, dates for follow-up, or formal public decisions about the suspension were included in the public transcript.