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Board moves to executive session twice; motion made to uphold hearing officer decision
Summary
Board recessed into two executive sessions—one for a student‑discipline appeal and one for personnel matters—under the Kansas Open Meetings Act, extended the personnel session, and later a motion was made to uphold a hearing officer’s 10/27/2025 decision (vote not recorded in provided transcript segments).
The board voted to recess into two executive sessions under the Kansas Open Meetings Act. Speaker 5 moved that USD 501 recess for 10 minutes to discuss a student‑discipline appeal and invited the superintendent, board attorney and leadership staff into the session. The motion carried.
Later the board recessed again for 20 minutes to discuss confidential personnel matters under the personnel exception to the Kansas Open Meetings Act; the superintendent and leadership team were invited. During that executive session the board approved a 10‑minute extension to finish the personnel discussion.
On the regular agenda, a motion was made (mover: speaker 5; second: Doctor Baumbrick) to uphold the hearing officer's decision dated Oct. 27, 2025 (action item 21). The transcript records the motion and a second but does not include a roll‑call tally or the final recorded outcome in the supplied segments.
The meeting closed with board comments, recognitions and a unanimous voice vote to adjourn.
