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Sioux City Comm School District board votes to expel student, allows reenrollment in August 2025
Summary
At a Dec. 3 special meeting the Sioux City Comm School District board voted to expel “Student I” for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year, based on a recommendation from Dr. Erwein, and to allow reenrollment at the start of the 2025–26 school year (August 2025).
The Sioux City Comm School District board voted Dec. 3 to expel “Student I” for the remainder of the current 2024–25 school year and allow the student to reenroll at the start of the 2025–26 school year (August 2025).
Dr. Erwein told the board, “My recommendation is to expel student I for the remainder of the current school year, allowing student I to reenroll at the beginning of 2025, 2026 school year. That will be August 2025.” The chair moved to expel the student as recommended; the motion was seconded.
The board first met in closed session under Iowa Code section 21.5(1)(e) to consider whether to hold a hearing to expel the student. The chair initiated the closed-session motion, which the board approved by roll call. After returning to open session, the recommendation and a motion to expel were presented publicly.
Board members addressed the student directly during discussion. Dr. Erwein said to the student, "This decision is a tough decision for all of us. You have so much potential." Another board member said, "You have a lot, you have a lot of potential ... Learn from it. Grow from it." The chair also urged the student to make better choices: "You've got a great future, but don't let your friends ruin it."
The clerk called the roll on the expulsion motion. The transcript records affirmative roll-call responses from Emke, George, Lee, Myers, Michaelson and Miller and the chair announced, "Motion passes." The verbal response for board member Greenwell is not clearly audible in the transcript record provided.
The board then moved, seconded and approved a motion to adjourn the special meeting.
The action expels Student I for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year; the board’s recorded action allows the student to seek reenrollment at the beginning of the 2025–26 school year (identified in the record as August 2025). The record does not include details of any appeal process or additional conditions attached to the reenrollment; those were not specified in the transcript.
