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Natchez-Adams board upholds superintendent on one discipline appeal and a zone transfer in closed session
Summary
At a Jan. 20 special-called meeting, the Natchez-Adams School District Board of Trustees voted 4-0 in executive session to approve one student-discipline appeal and to uphold a superintendent-recommended zone transfer; a second discipline matter received no action and the secretary was absent.
The Natchez-Adams School District Board of Trustees met in a special-called session on Jan. 20, 2026 at the Braden Administrative Building and acted in executive session to resolve student-discipline and zone-transfer matters. President Amos James, Jr. called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m.; Secretary LLJuna Grennell Weir was recorded absent.
Dr. Brenda Robinson moved to approve the agenda as printed; Dr. Cecile Dianne Bunch seconded and the motion carried on a 4-0 roll-call vote (Mr. Phillip West, Dr. Brenda Robinson, Dr. Cecile Dianne Bunch and Mr. Amos James voting "Yea"). The board then voted to enter a closed session to determine whether to go into executive session and subsequently voted to enter executive session to discuss student appeals and zone transfers, directing the president to notify the public of the executive-session purpose. Both actions carried on 4-0 roll-call votes.
In executive session the board voted to approve the superintendent's recommendation on the first student-discipline appeal. The motion to approve was made by Mr. Phillip West and seconded by Dr. C. Dianne Bunch; the roll-call vote was 4-0 in favor. The minutes record a second discipline matter (labelled "JAN2") for which the board took no action; the transcript does not record a motion or vote on that matter.
The board also considered a zone-transfer request and voted to uphold Superintendent Zandra McDonald's recommendation. The motion, made by Mr. Phillip West and seconded by Dr. C. Dianne Bunch, carried 4-0 on a roll-call vote.
The board returned to open session on a motion by Dr. C. Dianne Bunch, seconded by Mr. Phillip West, and then adjourned at 3:52 p.m. on a motion by Dr. Cecile Dianne Bunch, seconded by Mr. Phillip West. The minutes list district administrators present, including Superintendent Zandra McDonald and Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Ernest Fields, and note that Rosie Knight was among others present.
The actions on discipline and the zone transfer were recorded as formal board decisions in the meeting minutes; the minutes cite district policies in the agenda (Policy BCBD for agenda adoption processes; Policies JCAA and JDA for student-discipline appeals; Policy JBCD for zone transfers). The minutes do not provide additional factual details about the discipline incidents or the specific student-zone-transfer addresses or family names; those specifics were not included in the transcript and are therefore not reported here.
