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Camden Fairview board records multiple student expulsions and readmissions across meetings
Summary
Between July 2025 and May 2026 the Camden Fairview board handled repeated closed student hearings, resulting in multiple expulsions and some readmissions. Those actions were taken in executive sessions and recorded in the official minutes; parents sometimes requested closed hearings or were absent.
The Camden Fairview School District Board of Education repeatedly convened executive sessions for student hearings from July 2025 through May 2026 and recorded numerous expulsions and readmissions in its official minutes.
Across multiple meetings the board voted to expel or readmit students by recorded motion. Examples in the minutes include expulsions of students identified by district IDs (for example, ID#520452361 and ID#520452362 were expelled at the March 19, 2026 meeting, each motion carrying 7-0) and readmissions (for example, motions to readmit students ID#520453547, ID#520452689 and others were carried on July 22, 2025). At the May 11, 2026 special session the board accepted recommendations to readmit students ID#520452298 and ID#520452485 (motion by Clevesta Moore; carried 5-0). The minutes note that parents sometimes asked for closed hearings; on other occasions parents were not present.
Board motions on discipline typically followed an executive session; the minutes show subsequent reconvening and roll-call votes for each recommendation. Key trustees who frequently moved or seconded motions on discipline include Judson Lindsey, Dominic Mayweather, Clevesta Moore, Macon Patton and Maria Daniel. The minutes do not publish the details of the hearings (the actions were handled in closed session), but each final recommendation (expulsion or readmission) was recorded in open session when the board reconvened.
The district also adopted or discussed related policy updates in the same period, including a "Second Chance Program" and student handbook revisions for CFMS and CFHS, adopted to provide defined options and programs for students affected by disciplinary actions. The minutes show the board enacted policy changes and approved resolutions intended to clarify disciplinary procedures and potential alternatives to expulsion.
The board's minutes supply the vote tallies and the motions' movers and seconders; they do not disclose confidential hearing evidence or the students' names, in keeping with standard privacy protections in student disciplinary proceedings.
