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Manistee Area Public Schools board votes to expel student for 180 days
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting, the Manistee Area Public Schools Board approved a motion to expel Student 12.18.25 for 180 days after a disciplinary hearing; the parent and student were not present and the board recorded motions regarding closed-session procedures under the Michigan Open Meetings Act.
Committee member Justine Slawinski moved that Student 12.18.25 be expelled for 180 days; Committee member Shelley Johnson seconded the motion. The Manistee Area Public Schools Board voted 6-0 with one absence (Jess Stallings) to approve the expulsion at its Jan. 20, 2026 meeting in the Manistee Middle/High School Media Discipline Hearing Center/Library.
The minutes say the parent and student were not in attendance. The record also documents consideration of a motion to enter a closed session pursuant to Section 8(1)(b) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act and a subsequent motion to return to open session; the written minutes do not provide additional detail about the contents of any closed discussion but show the board later recorded the roll-call vote approving the 180-day expulsion. "Motion to expel Student 12.18.25 for 180 days," the minutes state, and note the motion passed on a roll-call vote.
President Theresa Anderson and the other board members recorded their votes as follows: Theresa Anderson — Yea; Paul Antal — Yea; Shelley Johnson — Yea; Ashley Sensabaugh — Yea; Justine Slawinski — Yea; Jim Thompson — Yea; Jess Stallings — Absent. The minutes do not state any follow-up steps, appeal rights, or timelines related to the expulsion; those details were not specified in the written record.
