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Gilroy Unified reports closed-session discipline actions; board accepts resignation and suspends expulsions
Summary
The board disclosed outcomes from closed session including motions on expulsions and a resignation settlement; board accepted a certificated employee's resignation and approved suspension of certain expulsions, with recorded roll calls indicating unanimous or near-unanimous outcomes where noted.
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Trustees reported several actions from its closed session Tuesday, including motions related to student expulsions and acceptance of a certificated employee's resignation and settlement.
During the closed-session report, the board announced it had acted on multiple discipline cases by moving to expel in at least one matter and to suspend expulsions in others after hearing panel recommendations. The board also voted to accept a certificated employee's resignation and to non-reelect a certificated employee; the motion accepting the resignation and related settlement was recorded as passing 7 to 0.
The board did not provide full individual statements in the public report but confirmed the case numbers discussed in closed session and noted that motions to suspend expulsions followed the panel recommendations. The superintendent also noted that the district follows required timelines and procedural safeguards in pupil-discipline matters.
The board's public minutes will reflect the formal dispositions and any conditions attached to suspended expulsions, and families affected are being notified in accordance with district process. No additional public hearing on those closed-session cases was held at the meeting.
The board reconvened to continue its public agenda, including a student representative update, budget and enrollment briefings, and adoption of a resolution related to immigrant-family supports.
