Parent and expelled student urge Board of Education to review Antioch High School expulsion

During the public participation portion of the meeting, a parent and the student at the center of a disciplinary case urged the Metro Nashville Board of Education to revisit an expulsion from Antioch High School.

Chris Pimpkin told the board that two weeks earlier he had raised the matter and that his daughter was expelled in January after turning in a note reporting a gun threat. Pimpkin said he hired a forensic handwriting analyst who concluded that the student did not write the note and that, despite those findings, he was told in an email from Dr. Battle that the district would uphold the expulsion. "My daughter did not write this note," Pimpkin said, and asked the board to "review this" and "get this resolved."

Lilith Pipkin, who identified herself as the student expelled from Antioch High School, told board members she had reported a threat and was punished for doing so. She said she had no proof of wrongdoing, had "proven I didn't do anything wrong," and described being deprived of school opportunities as a result. "I was deprived of all of my opportunities as I was expelled," she said, asking the board for correction.

The meeting transcript records the speakers' statements but does not include a formal board response, a staff presentation of the disciplinary record, or a description of a specific review process or timeline. The board moved on to announcements after public participation; no action to reopen or review the particular expulsion was recorded in the meeting record provided.

The public commenters named Antioch High School and said the matter dates to January; they asked for board review and further attention. The transcript does not include the district's formal response or any additional administrative finding in the meeting record.