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North Slope Borough School District board tables deliberations in student-discipline case SBH26-002 to Jan. 13
Summary
At a Jan. 9 special meeting in Utqiaġvik, the North Slope Borough School District Board of Education entered an executive session on student-discipline case SBH26-002 and voted to table deliberations to a special meeting on Jan. 13 at 10:00 a.m.
The North Slope Borough School District Board of Education met in a special session Jan. 9, 2026, in the Archie Brower Conference Room in Utqiaġvik and moved its deliberations on student-discipline case SBH26-002 to a special meeting scheduled for Jan. 13 at 10:00 a.m.
Board President Esther Evikana called the meeting to order at 1:02 p.m. and, after approving the agenda, the board voted to enter executive session at 1:04 p.m. for the purpose of a student-discipline hearing. Board member Frieda Nageak moved to enter executive session under the exception for matters that could prejudice an individual's reputation and character; Nora Jane Burns seconded. The motion carried in a roll call vote of seven yes, zero no.
The board exited executive session at 3:15 p.m. after deliberations. Board member Qaiyaan Harcharek moved to table further deliberations on case SBH26-002 to a special meeting on Jan. 13 at 10:00 a.m.; Nora Jane Burns seconded. The motion carried in a roll call vote of five yes, zero no. The transcript records the motion text and the roll call tally but does not specify which individual board members cast each of the five recorded yes votes for the tabling motion.
Public comments were not taken because the subject matter required confidentiality. The meeting adjourned at 3:19 p.m.; the board listed upcoming meetings including a Jan. 26–28 retreat, a Jan. 29 regular meeting, and a Jan. 30 joint meeting with the North Slope Borough in Utqiaġvik.
Actions recorded in the meeting minutes include approval of the agenda (motion by Frieda Moore, seconded by Frieda Nageak; roll call vote seven yes, zero no), a motion to enter executive session for SBH26-002 (moved by Frieda Nageak; seconded by Nora Jane Burns; seven yes, zero no), a motion to exit executive session (moved by Qaiyaan Harcharek; seconded by Nora Jane Burns; six yes, zero no), and the motion to table deliberations on SBH26-002 to Jan. 13 (moved by Qaiyaan Harcharek; seconded by Nora Jane Burns; five yes, zero no). The minutes identify Hearing Officer John Sedor and the student’s mother as present but do not report substantive public testimony or the contents of the executive-session deliberations.
