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Board votes not to rehire three probationary teachers and upholds student expulsion
Summary
After closed session the Lemon Grove governing board voted 5–0 to nonrelect three probationary certificated employees for 2022–23 and to uphold a panel recommendation to expel a student in case 2122-995. The board recorded motions and instructed the superintendent to notify affected staff in writing.
The Lemon Grove Governing Board voted unanimously April 5 to nonrelect three probationary certificated employees for the 2022–23 school year and to uphold a panel recommendation to expel a student in case 2122-995. The actions were reported after the board returned from closed session at 6:06 p.m.
Trustee Cheryl Robertson moved to nonrelect the three probationary certificated employees under Education Code Section 44929.21; Dr. Javier Ayala seconded the motion. The minutes record the motion as carried with all five trustees voting yes: Dr. Javier Ayala, Yajaira Preciado, Cheryl Robertson, Timothy Shaw and Greg Shibley. The board directed the superintendent or designee to notify the affected employees in writing.
On the expulsion matter, Trustee Greg Shibley moved to uphold the hearing panel's recommendation to expel the student in case 2122-995; Trustee Timothy Shaw seconded. The motion carried 5–0, and the board voted to impose the panel's listed recommendations.
Both actions were recorded as formal closed-session decisions in the meeting minutes. The minutes do not include the names of the employees whose probationary status was not renewed, details of the charges or recommended conditions of the expulsion beyond the panel recommendations.
