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Coquille School Board asks absent member to resign or faces third‑party investigation
Summary
After an executive session on two complaints about a board member, the Coquille School District #8 board voted unanimously to ask Heather Echavarria to resign in writing by July 10, 2024, or to have the superintendent hire an outside investigator.
The Coquille School District #8 board directed its chair to send a letter to board member Heather Echavarria requesting a written resignation by July 10, 2024, after receiving two complaints about a board member. The motion, made by Steve Britton and seconded by Marsha Frost, passed unanimously at the June 19 meeting.
The board moved into executive session under Oregon statute ORS 192.660(2)(f) to consider records exempt from disclosure and reconvened at 7:49 p.m., closing the budget hearing. The minutes record that the two complaints were considered in executive session but do not provide details about the nature of those complaints.
The motion directed that if Echavarria does not submit a written resignation by July 10, the superintendent should retain a third‑party investigator to examine the two complaints received in June. Echavarria was listed as absent from the June 19 meeting; the minutes do not record any response from her.
The board recorded the motion as unanimous; no further details about the allegations or planned investigatory scope were entered in the minutes. The action establishes a short deadline for the absent member to respond or for the district to initiate an outside investigation.
