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Parent tells board son has been out of school since September, alleges repeated postponements of expulsion hearing
Summary
During public comment, Taniqua Oliver accused the district of repeatedly postponing her son's expulsion hearing and denying due process; she said her son has been out of school since Sept. 12, 2024 and threatened to publicly name district employees if the matter is not addressed.
During the non-agenda public-comment period at the Dec. 19 Board of Education meeting, Taniqua Oliver said her son has been out of school since Sept. 12, 2024 after a 10-day suspension and alleged repeated delays of his expulsion hearing.
Oliver told the board she has sought a timely hearing and said a previously scheduled expulsion hearing was rescheduled three times. She said she retained private counsel and implied the schedule changed after she arrived with an attorney; Oliver said the chief legal officer refused to disclose the policy being used in the decision to keep her son from school. "My son has been out of school since September 12, 2024," she said. "He was given a 10 day suspension and our expulsion hearing that we was scheduled for has been rescheduled 3 times." She also said she had not yet received a hearing before the board or a decision by the superintendent.
Oliver alleged differential treatment in a comparison she described between her son and another student she identified by characteristics (she said that student returned to school and was not referred for expulsion). She said attempts to obtain witness statements were frustrated and that district records withheld information until she filed an open-records complaint.
The board thanked Oliver for her comments; the transcript records her remarks but does not include a district response, an investigative finding or an administrative timeline for resolving the family's complaint. The public record in the meeting therefore shows an unresolved parental complaint alleging denial of due process and repeated postponements of an expulsion hearing.
The board did not take action at the Dec. 19 meeting on Oliver's allegations. District officials could follow up through the district's formal complaint and discipline processes; the transcript instructs members of the public to use the district's complaint procedures for critical comments or complaints.
