Natchez-Adams School Board meets in executive session to hear three disciplinary appeals

The Natchez-Adams School District Board of Trustees met Oct. 15 and voted unanimously to enter executive session to hear three student disciplinary appeals related to the district's disciplinary policies. President Amos James Jr. presided over the special-called meeting at the Braden Administrative Building.

The board first approved the printed agenda on a 5-0 roll-call vote after a motion by Dr. Brenda Robinson and a second by Dr. Cecile Dianne Bunch. Trustees in attendance were President Amos James Jr.; Vice President Phillip West; Secretary LLJuna Grennell Weir; Assistant Secretary Dr. Brenda Robinson; and Member Dr. Cecile Dianne Bunch. Superintendent Zandra McDonald and district administrators were listed as present in the minutes.

Following adoption of the agenda, the board moved to a closed-determination vote and then to executive session. The board directed the president to notify the public that it would convene in executive session to discuss student matters; that motion, moved by Phillip West and seconded by Dr. Cecile Dianne Bunch, passed on a unanimous roll call.

The public minutes state that the board "heard three (3) discipline appeals" while in executive session. The record does not disclose what was said during the executive session or any final rulings, consistent with the confidentiality of student matters under state law and board policy. The minutes thus identify the number of appeals heard but do not specify outcomes, sanctions, or other details.

After the executive session the board returned to open session by unanimous vote and adjourned at 3:56 p.m. The minutes do not list any formal action taken in open session on the appeals; any final decisions, if made, are not recorded in the public minutes.