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After closed sessions, board approves multiple student suspensions and one termination
Summary
Following a closed session called under the Open Meetings Act to discuss student discipline and personnel, the board voted in open session to impose multi-week and multi-month suspensions in several cases and to terminate one employee; roll-call results were recorded and several trustees abstained on the votes.
The Clintondale board recessed into closed session under the Michigan Open Meetings Act to discuss student-discipline and personnel matters. After reconvening, the board voted on multiple discipline recommendations brought out of closed session.
Vote results recorded in open session show the board approved suspensions in several separate student-discipline matters (durations recorded in meeting materials ranging from 45 days to 180 days depending on the case) and approved termination of an employee. In each of the closed-session votes reported in open session, the roll call figures showed a pattern of four "yes" votes and two abstentions on the personnel actions noted in the minutes.
Under board procedure, disciplinary and personnel specifics are handled in closed session; the board provided the outcomes in open session and recorded motions and roll-call votes. The board did not release personally identifiable student information in the public discussion; published minutes list action by student-case number and board disposition.
The board adjourned after completing the closed-session votes.
