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School board conducts closed expulsion hearing, postpones employee hearing
Summary
The school board approved its agenda, moved into a closed executive session at the parent's request to hear a student expulsion matter, then recessed and later postponed a separate employee hearing; no disposition of the expulsion was announced in open session.
The chair called the meeting to order and, after a roll call, the board approved the agenda as submitted. Theresa Lewis, director of pupil services, moved to adopt the agenda, saying, "I move we approve the agenda." The motion carried on a voice vote, with members responding "aye."
The chair then announced that the first substantive item was an expulsion hearing. Theresa Lewis told the board that the parent had requested a closed hearing and that "Miss Pennington" was present. The board moved into executive session; upon returning the chair said, "We just conducted an expulsion hearing for a student."
Following the closed session, the chair recessed the meeting briefly and said the next item was a personnel matter. When the meeting reconvened the chair said the planned employee hearing would be postponed to another date and the meeting was adjourned. The transcript records the board conducting the closed hearing but does not include any on-the-record decision or vote related to the expulsion in open session.
