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Board approves consent agenda, carpet, truck and policy package; paraeducator urges reinstatement during public comment
Summary
At the Jan. 27 meeting the board approved the consent agenda and several action items including carpet replacement ($16,843.50), a maintenance plow truck purchase ($68,411.70) and policy package 26‑1 to allow Narcan doses; a district paraeducator asked the board to restore her classroom assignment and remove disciplinary letters from her personnel file.
The Southgate Community School District Board of Education approved routine and facilities items on Jan. 27 and heard a public comment from a district paraeducator who said she was placed on leave pending an investigation.
Public comment: Lauren Okowski, a Southgate resident and district paraeducator, said she was pulled from her assigned student and placed on leave on Jan. 14 pending a district investigation. Okowski told trustees she was offered a choice after a meeting with union representation, the principal and the superintendent: resign or accept two days unpaid suspension with a voluntary layoff until a suitable reassignment was found. She said…
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