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Closed session readout: board approves personnel contracts, expulsions and settles a special-education claim for $96,000
Summary
In closed session the board approved a contract for one principal and one program administrator, approved several expulsions and stipulated expulsion agreements, denied one grade-change appeal, and approved a $96,000 settlement in a special-education due-process matter; a separate grievance settlement authorized up to $750 in additional classroom funding for certain teachers.
After recessing to closed session, the Board of Education returned to provide a readout of closed-session actions.
The board reported it approved a contract for one principal and one program administrator by a vote described as "about 7 ayes." It recorded several student discipline actions: a student expulsion for DUI and approval of stipulated expulsion agreements for two high-school students by a 6-1 vote (one absent), and an expulsion of another student (initials used in the readout). The board also denied by a 4-3 vote an appeal of a grade-change for one high-school student.
In an existing litigation matter involving special education (cited in the readout as "OAH number 20Eleven-ten316"), the board approved a settlement in the amount of $96,000 in exchange for a complete release of claims through the current school year. The board also approved a negotiated settlement in a contractual grievance matter that will grant certain identified teachers up to $750 in additional classroom funding and provide additional release time during the 2011-12 school year.
The readout covered personnel actions, student discipline outcomes and two settlements; the board did not discuss details of pending litigation in open session beyond the settlement amounts and vote outcomes.
