Miami County superintendent recommends unpaid suspension for teacher; board amends to 15-day unpaid suspension

Jonathan Henry, superintendent of Miami County Schools, told the board he recommended ratifying an unpaid suspension for Rebecca Morgan covering May 6 and May 16 through June 26 and recommended terminating the district's contract with WYOMING COUNTY SCHOOLS effective June 26.

Henry presented the recommendation after the board returned from executive session and asked the board to ratify the personnel action. A board member moved to accept the superintendent's recommendation; another member seconded the motion. Board members voted verbally; the transcript records both affirmations ("I") and nays but does not provide a clear numerical tally for that initial vote. The record notes that no decision was made in executive session.

Following the initial vote, a motion was made and seconded to amend the superintendent's recommendation. As described by members during the amendment, the board's amendment would change the superintendent's proposed action to a 15-day suspension without pay for Rebecca Morgan. The amendment language in the transcript also references "termination over 80," a phrase that is unclear in context and not further explained in the record. Members indicated the amendment passed by verbal assent.

Mr. Henry declined to comment further after the votes. The meeting then moved toward closing procedural items and a motion to adjourn was seconded and approved.

What the record shows and what remains unclear: the superintendent explicitly recommended both an unpaid suspension covering specific dates and termination of the contract with WYOMING COUNTY SCHOOLS effective June 26. The board considered that recommendation, and then adopted an amendment that, according to the transcript, imposes a 15-day unpaid suspension for Rebecca Morgan. The transcript does not clearly record a definitive, unambiguous vote result for the initial motion to accept the superintendent's full recommendation, and it does not clearly state whether the board enacted the superintendent's recommendation to terminate the contract with WYOMING COUNTY SCHOOLS. The transcript also contains numerical artifacts (e.g., "32") and an unclear phrase ("termination over 80") that the record does not explain.

The board's actions affect at least two items on the record: (1) a personnel discipline recommendation regarding Rebecca Morgan, and (2) the district's contract relationship with WYOMING COUNTY SCHOOLS. The transcript documents the recommendation and an amendment adopted by the board, but it does not contain explicit, named roll-call vote tallies, movers'/seconders by name, or a clear final statement resolving the contract-termination recommendation. The board may need to clarify the precise motion language and vote totals in its minutes or a follow-up statement to make the final outcomes unambiguous.