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Escambia County board approves three expulsions; students offered virtual schooling and diploma eligibility on completion
Summary
The board accepted superintendent recommendations to expel three students for up to one calendar year; each recommendation included permission for the student to receive instruction through Escambia County Virtual School and to earn a diploma upon successful completion of required coursework.
The Escambia County School Board voted to accept three superintendent recommendations to expel students for periods of up to one calendar year for violations of the district’s student code of conduct. For each case the superintendent recommended that the student be allowed to receive educational services through the Escambia County Virtual School and be eligible to receive a diploma upon successful completion of coursework.
“The superintendent will allow [the] student to receive educational services through the Escambia County Virtual School. This will also include that the student receives their diploma upon successful completion of all course,” the superintendent’s recommendation stated in the meeting record.
Board members moved and seconded the superintendent’s recommendations and approved them by voice vote. The transcript records that a roll-call or voice vote noted one recorded nay during the sequence of votes. The expulsions were described as administrative actions under the Escambia County school district’s student code of conduct; the board did not provide additional details about the individual incidents on the public record at the meeting.
The board listed the discipline actions as formal recommendations and noted the students’ option to continue education through the district’s virtual program. The meeting then proceeded to scheduling and adjournment.
