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Kentwood Board reinstates three students after closed session; votes to consider nonrenewal of an administrator's contract
Summary
The Kentwood Board of Education entered closed sessions March 9 to consider three student reinstatements and the discipline of a public employee; it approved reinstatements for Students A, B and C and voted to consider nonrenewal of an administrative contract due to 'less than effective performance.'
During its March 9 meeting, the Kentwood Board of Education took personnel and student-discipline actions in closed session.
Treasurer Pete Battey moved, and Trustee Kim Taboada-Arzate supported, a motion to go into closed session to consider three student reinstatements; the motion carried. After the closed session, the board approved separate motions to reinstate Student A (moved by Pete Battey), Student B (moved by Kim Taboada-Arzate) and Student C (moved by Tanya Powell-May). Each motion is recorded in the minutes as "carried." The minutes do not disclose details about the incidents that prompted the disciplinary proceedings; students are identified in the minutes only as Student A, Student B and Student C.
Later in the meeting, the board voted to enter closed session pursuant to Section 8(1)(a) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, MCL 15.268(1)(a), to consider the discipline of a public employee (motion by Marlon Brown, supported by Kim Taboada-Arzate; motion carried). Separately, Secretary Allen Young moved, supported by Trustee Tanya Powell-May, to consider the nonrenewal of an administrative contract for a staff member described in the minutes as having "less than effective performance." The motion to consider nonrenewal carried; the minutes do not record a final nonrenewal decision, the name of the administrator, or a vote tally.
The board adjourned at 7:36 P.M. (motion by Allen Young, supported by Marlon Brown).
