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Board approves student-discipline resolutions including one expulsion and multiple conditional reinstatements
Summary
The board added and voted to approve five student items: termination of long-term suspensions with conduct probation for several students, a behavioral-contract return for one student, and an expulsion for another student with notice of appeal rights under NJAC and NJSA statutes.
During the meeting the board moved to add five student-discipline resolutions (identified in the minutes as Students A through E) and voted to consider them under students items 8'12. The board attorney read each resolution aloud before the motions and votes.
Resolutions for Students A and B terminate long-term suspensions effective April 30, 2026 and authorize return to in-person instruction at Jackson Township High School. Both students are to be placed on conduct probation for the remainder of the 2025'26 school year with conditions barring participation in interscholastic or intramural sports, school-sponsored events, clubs, prom/formal events, driving privileges on school grounds and participation in graduation ceremonies. Families are to receive written notice of appeal rights to the Commissioner of Education pursuant to NJSA 18A:6-9.
The resolution for Student C likewise terminates a long-term suspension effective April 30, 2026, permits return to in-person instruction subject to a behavioral contract and places the pupil on conduct probation and the same extracurricular restrictions.
For Student D, the board cited procedural protections provided under New Jersey law and found a ‘‘persistent pattern of conduct''including multiple prior suspensions, chronic absenteeism, excessive tardies and failure to meet academic obligations''that the board concluded is harmful to the welfare of other students and staff. Pursuant to NJAC 6A:16-7.4 and NJSA 18A:37-2 the board resolved to expel Student D and discontinue educational services effective immediately upon adoption of the resolution; the family is to receive information about GED enrollment options and notice of appeal rights.
The resolution for Student E authorizes termination of long-term suspension and return to in-person instruction at Jackson High School contingent upon written clearance by a psychiatrist designated by the Board; the Board will cover the cost of the evaluation. Upon return the student will be placed on conduct probation with the same extracurricular restrictions and required counselor meetings until the end of the 2025'26 school year.
The transcript records motions to add the resolutions and subsequent roll-call votes approving agenda and student-related motions. The motion wording, mover and seconder for each resolution are not specified in the excerpt. Where statutory or regulatory citations appear in the resolutions, the board identified NJSA 18A:6-9 and NJAC 6A:16-7.4 as the bases for notice and expulsion authority.
Next steps: families named in the resolutions were to be provided copies of the applicable resolutions and written notice of appeal rights; the board reserved the right to convene future expulsion hearings if probation conditions are violated.
