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Harrisburg School Board upholds 365-day expulsions for two students
Summary
At a special April 13 meeting, the Harrisburg School District Board voted 4-0 to uphold Superintendent Julie Isbell’s recommendations to expel two students for 365 days; guardians spoke and the board held executive sessions before each vote.
The Harrisburg School District Board voted unanimously April 13 to uphold Superintendent Julie Isbell’s recommendations to expel two students for 365 days each following separate hearings.
The board, meeting in a special session at the district’s Central Office board room, considered the case of student #562200369 first. The principal presented evidence, and a guardian spoke on the student’s behalf. The board entered an executive session from 5:11 to 5:27 p.m.; after returning, Kurt Johns moved and Ashley Rowton seconded a motion to uphold the superintendent’s recommendation. The motion carried 4-0.
The board then heard the case of student #562201542. Again, the principal presented evidence and the guardian was given an opportunity to speak. The board met in executive session from 5:37 to 5:43 p.m. and, upon return, Johns moved and Rowton seconded a motion to uphold the 365-day expulsion. The motion carried 4-0.
The meeting record does not provide details on the specific allegations, evidence presented, or the names of the principals or which guardian spoke in each hearing; those details were recorded only as "the principal presented evidence" and that a guardian "spoke" or was "given the opportunity to speak." The board entered a further executive session at 5:45 p.m. and returned at 6:27 p.m., with the meeting adjourning at 6:28 p.m. following a motion to adjourn by Kurt Johns and a second from Bridgett Hewett. Ryan Murphy presided as board president.
Superintendent Julie Isbell and district staff were listed as present for the special session. The board’s recorded votes on both expulsion motions were 4-0; the minutes do not record individual roll-call vote entries beyond the unanimous tally. The meeting minutes identify the board members present as Ryan Murphy (president), Ashley Rowton, Kurt Johns and Bridgett Hewitt.
No statutes, policies, or supporting documents were cited in the publicly available minutes included in the transcript.
