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Windsor Locks Board votes to expel Student D for one year
Summary
At a June 10 special meeting, the Windsor Locks Board of Education held an executive-session expulsion hearing, adopted the administration's March 26, 2026 recommendations and voted unanimously to expel Student D from Windsor Locks schools for one year, effective March 27, 2026.
The Windsor Locks Board of Education held a Special Meeting on June 10, 2026, and after an executive-session hearing voted unanimously to expel a student designated in the minutes as Student D for one calendar year beginning March 27, 2026 and ending March 27, 2027. The board adopted the administration's recommendations dated March 26, 2026 as the basis for the penalty.
Board Attorney Julia Wilde called the meeting to order at 3:42 p.m. and the board voted to enter executive session to conduct the student expulsion hearing and to preserve the confidentiality of student records. The motion to enter executive session was moved by Lindsay Cutler, seconded by Dennis Gragnolati, and passed unanimously.
Witnesses were sworn for the hearing. Testimony and the penalty-phase presentation were given by Superintendent Shawn Parkhurst, Windsor Locks Middle School Principal Matt Warner and Assistant Principal Jennifer Leveille; board members questioned the witnesses during the executive-session proceedings. After a recess and reconvening in public session, the board recorded a finding that Student D had engaged in conduct that violated board policy and was an expellable offense.
Following further executive-session deliberations and a penalty-phase presentation, the board voted (motion by Dennis Gragnolati; seconded by Lindsay Cutler) to accept and adopt the findings and facts discussed in executive session and to expel Student D from Windsor Locks Public Schools, including all school-related activities, for one calendar year, consistent with the administration's March 26, 2026 recommendations. The vote was recorded as passed unanimously. The minutes note the board recessed and reconvened several times during the hearing; the meeting adjourned at 4:46 p.m.
The board's minutes state that the expulsion is effective March 27, 2026 through March 27, 2027; the minutes also state that they are not official until approved at a subsequent meeting. The minutes do not provide details of the underlying incident in the public text; the record reflects that those details were discussed in executive session and are treated as confidential student records.
