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ALMA SCHOOL DISTRICT board approves one-year expulsion, OKs consent agenda and a new hire
Summary
After an executive session on a disciplinary matter, the ALMA SCHOOL DISTRICT board voted to expel one student for one calendar year. The board also approved routine business including the consent agenda and hiring a high-school English teacher.
The ALMA SCHOOL DISTRICT board returned from a closed executive session and voted to accept staff's recommendation to expel one student for one calendar year. The action followed an executive-session review after the student's parent did not request a public hearing.
The board also handled routine business. Members moved and seconded to approve the consent agenda, which included financial reports and resignations; the motion carried by voice vote. The board approved the recommendation to employ Emily Payne as a high-school English teacher for the current school year. A separate motion nominated Dallas Smith as the district's delegate to the Arkansas School Boards Association; the nomination will be finalized when the district receives the association's confirmation email.
Most procedural votes were recorded as carried by voice; the transcript does not include individual roll-call tallies. The student-discipline matter was handled in executive session under applicable state law, and the board announced the expulsion outcome after it returned to open session.
The meeting ended with a unanimous voice vote to adjourn at 6:55 p.m.
