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Board ratifies suspension and several administrative leaves, approves student expulsions
Summary
After an executive session on personnel, the board ratified a three-day unpaid suspension for Justin Ross to be served after the school year, approved administrative leaves for three employees (Shauna Smith, Claudia Edwards and Megan Short) and approved four student expulsions.
After returning from executive session, Superintendent Hardesty presented personnel recommendations and the board voted to ratify them.
Hardesty recommended a three-day unpaid suspension for Justin Ross, to be served after students leave for the summer. The board moved to accept the superintendent's recommendation; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
Hardesty also recommended ratifying paid administrative leaves for Shauna Smith (leave began March 24, 2026), Claudia Edwards (leave began April 6, 2026) and Megan Short (leave began March 24, 2026). Each recommendation was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Under special board items the board approved four student expulsions; members indicated there was no need to return to executive session for further discussion and approved the item by voice vote. No additional details about the expulsions were read into the public record during the open session.
These personnel and disciplinary approvals were processed during the meeting under the board's standard personnel and special-board-items procedures.
