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Cedar Springs board suspends student identified as 25.26.04 through Jan. 9, 2026
Summary
At a Dec. 4, 2025 special meeting, the Cedar Springs Public Schools Board of Education voted 4-0 to suspend student 25.26.04 through Jan. 9, 2026, with the student eligible to return on Jan. 12, 2026. The action followed a closed session held under Open Meetings Act Section 8(b).
The Cedar Springs Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Dec. 4, 2025, to suspend a student identified in the minutes as 25.26.04 through Jan. 9, 2026; the student is permitted to return to school on Jan. 12, 2026. The motion to take disciplinary action was moved by Trustee Shoffner and seconded by Trustee Patin and passed 4-0 (Ayes: Bowser, Patin, Reed, Shoffner).
Board members and administration discussed the matter in a closed session convened under the Open Meetings Act, Section 8(b), which allows boards to meet privately for matters involving student discipline. The minutes record the board entered closed session at 6:03 p.m. and concluded it at 6:50 p.m. The minutes do not include details of the disciplinary facts discussed in closed session. The public-comment section of the minutes notes that no action was taken in response to audience remarks and that Superintendent Smith will follow up with community members.
The action item appears in the minutes as: "Motion by Shoffner supported by Patin to take action for the Open Meetings Act Section 8(b) - Student 25.26.04 discipline. To move forward under recommendation by BOE members and administration to suspend, student 25.26.04 through January 9, 2026. The student will have the opportunity to return to school on January 12, 2026. AYES: Bowser, Patin, Reed, Shoffner NAYS: Motion Carried: 4-0." The minutes identify the motion text and the unanimous vote but do not name witnesses or provide additional factual findings from the closed session.
The board met at the Cedar Springs ECC/DO Building, 204 E. Muskegon Street. The special meeting minutes list Trustees Bowser, Patin, Reed and Shoffner as present and Gilmore, Lund and Slager as absent; the meeting record is signed by Traci Slager, Board Secretary. The minutes themselves show the action taken and the procedural steps followed; they do not provide further public detail about the disciplinary incident.
