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Calipatria Unified Board votes 4-0 to expel a seventh-grade student
Summary
At a Feb. 10, 2026 special meeting, the Calipatria Unified School District Board of Trustees voted 4-0 to expel "Student #5," a seventh grader, following closed-session deliberations and reconvening to public session to record the final action under Education Code provisions.
The Calipatria Unified School District Board of Trustees voted 4-0 Feb. 10, 2026, to expel a seventh-grade student identified in the minutes as "2025-26 Student #5." Trustee Holly Widmann moved to expel the student; Trustee Saiza seconded the motion, and the Board recorded four affirmative votes (Dockstader, Perez, Saiza and Widmann) after reconvening from closed session.
The Board convened the special meeting at 5:17 p.m. and adjourned to closed session at 5:19 p.m. to consider student-discipline matters under the Education Code. The minutes state the matter before the Board was listed as "2025-26 Student #5 Grade 7" and cite Education Code section 48900(b) and related provisions for the closed-session deliberation. The public session was reconvened at 6:02 p.m., at which time the Board formally recorded and took final action to expel the student as required by Education Code sections 35146 and 48918.
Minutes show Trustee Saiza joined the meeting during closed session and that Trustee Raul Navarro left during that period. The Clerk of the Board, Frank Perez, is listed in the official record; the minutes were entered into the district proceedings by the Clerk on March 9, 2026. The meeting adjourned at 6:06 p.m. on a motion by Trustee Patty Dockstader.
The district minutes do not include a narrative of the facts or evidence considered in closed session; the public record identifies only the student's index number, the grade level (seventh grade), the Education Code citation (48900[b]), and the Board's final disposition. The Board's action was recorded as a public record per the statutory requirements governing student-discipline actions.
