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Lawton Community Schools Board suspends student for remainder of 2025–26 school year
Summary
At a May 5 special meeting, the Lawton Community Schools Board suspended student #20261110 for 28 school days (the remainder of the 2025–26 school year), barred the student from school grounds and specified that any further instruction after the year will be virtual; vote recorded as carried.
The Lawton Community Schools Board of Education voted May 5 to suspend student #20261110 for 28 school days, the remainder of the 2025–26 school year, and to bar the student from school grounds. The board recorded that any education provided beyond the 2025–26 school year will be delivered virtually.
The action followed a closed-session consideration of student discipline under the Open Meetings Act, P.A. 267 of 1976, section 8(b). Board member Matt Riggs moved to enter the closed session; Nate Pursley seconded the motion. The board entered closed session at 6:01 PM and returned to open session at 6:40 PM.
After returning to open session, Board member Walter Hitchcock moved to suspend student #20261110; Pursley seconded. The motion carried, recorded as 5-0 with two members absent. The minutes record that the closed session had been requested by the student. The resolution states the district is "supportive of providing a virtual education," but that the student is "not permitted on school grounds." The minutes do not provide additional factual details about the incident that led to the discipline or identify the student beyond the numeric identifier.
Board attendance in the written minutes lists Steve Carroll, Walter Hitchcock, Nate Pursley and Matt Riggs present at the outset; Eric Smith is recorded as arriving at 6:40 PM in the fuller minutes. The meeting was held in the high school board room. The minutes note a forum time for public participation but do not record any public comments in the transcript provided. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM. Minutes were submitted by Larissa Hunt, board secretary.
