Board votes to disenroll student after residency hearing; family advised of appeal rights
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Summary
Following a residency-committee hearing, the board approved a resolution finding a student was not domiciled in the district, ordering disenrollment, directing formal notification to the family and advising them of the right to appeal to the commissioner of education; the board reserved the right to pursue back tuition.
At the Feb. 3 Watchung Hills Regional High School District board meeting, the board attorney read a resolution summarizing the residency-committee recommendation that a student and the student’s parents are not domiciled in the district and therefore do not meet the district’s affidavit-pupil requirements.
The resolution, read aloud by the board attorney, directed that the student be disenrolled and that the family be provided formal notification of the board’s decision and information on the right to appeal to the commissioner of education. The resolution also reserved the board’s right to seek back tuition covering the period from August 2025 to the present if the family appeals and the board’s finding is sustained.
A roll-call vote followed the reading. Multiple members recorded affirmative votes and the chair announced the motion carried. The board did not publicly discuss the full evidentiary record during the open meeting; the resolution reflected the residency committee’s finding as read into the minutes.
What happens next: The family is to receive written notice and instructions on how to appeal to the state’s commissioner of education. If the board’s determination is upheld on appeal, the board stated it may pursue back tuition for the cited period.
The board’s action was a formal, recorded decision arising from a residency hearing and a committee recommendation; the public record at the meeting is the text of the resolution and the roll call recorded in the minutes.
