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Suffield board accepts stipulated expulsion agreement after brief executive session
Summary
At a Sept. 23 special meeting, the Suffield Board of Education entered an executive session to consider confidential student information and voted 3-0 to accept a stipulated expulsion agreement; disciplinary terms were adopted as written in the agreement.
The Suffield Board of Education voted 3-0 on Sept. 23 to accept a stipulated expulsion agreement and expel the student who was the subject of a confidential executive session, according to the board’s minutes.
Board member Gianna Rossi moved to enter an executive session at 9:45 a.m. "to discuss a matter that would otherwise result in the disclosure of confidential student information," and named Superintendent Matthew Dunbar as one of the individuals invited to attend; Greg Sparzo seconded the motion. The minutes state the board returned to open session at 9:55 a.m.
After returning to open session, Rossi moved "that the Board of Education accept the Stipulated Expulsion Agreement reviewed in executive session and hereby expel the student discussed in executive session as specified in the Stipulated Expulsion Agreement, and that the disciplinary consequences and other terms set forth in the Stipulated Expulsion Agreement be adopted." The motion was seconded by Greg Sparzo and recorded as "Approved 3-0." Melissa Finnigan, listed among the board members present, called the meeting to order at 9:45 a.m.
The minutes do not provide details of the disciplinary consequences or the specific terms of the agreement; they state only that the disciplinary consequences and other terms set forth in the Stipulated Expulsion Agreement were adopted. The minutes also note that "only those invited by the Board to attend may be present in the executive session." The meeting adjourned at 9:56 a.m.
The record does not identify the student or provide additional factual particulars about the underlying incident, which is consistent with the board’s stated limit on disclosure of confidential student information.
