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Paw Paw board approves long-term suspension for Student "A" after closed hearing
Summary
After a closed-session student-discipline hearing May 5, 2026, the Paw Paw Public School District board approved a long-term suspension for a student identified in the meeting as "Student A." The motion passed 6-0; one member had left earlier in the evening.
On May 5, 2026, the Paw Paw Public School District Board of Education approved a long-term suspension for a student identified in the meeting as "Student A" following a closed-session discipline hearing.
Board Member Thomas Imus moved to approve the long-term suspension and Nathan Mitchell seconded the motion; the board recorded the motion as carried, 6-0. The board had convened in closed session for the student-discipline matter at 4:31 p.m. and reconvened at 6:36 p.m.
President Brent McNitt presided over the special meeting and Superintendent Davison and several district leaders were listed as present during the closed session. The transcript notes that Board Member Lindsay Clark left the meeting at 6:21 p.m.; the post-closed-session vote was recorded as 6-0 in favor of the suspension. The district did not disclose further details about the incident or the terms of the suspension in the public minutes recorded in the transcript.
No members of the public spoke during the public-participation portion of the meeting earlier in the agenda. The board had approved the meeting agenda at the outset by a 7-0 vote.
