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Board approves 19 student expulsions with placements and rehabilitation terms
Summary
The Porterville Unified School District board approved recommendations affecting 19 students, specifying placements and rehabilitation outcomes; motions passed unanimously with six trustees voting aye.
The Governing Board of Trustees of Porterville Unified School District unanimously approved recommendations concerning student discipline affecting 19 students at its May 28, 2026 meeting. Pete Lara moved the expulsions; Felipe Martinez seconded. The motion carried with all six members present voting aye.
The board record lists specific placements and terms: one student from Bartlett Middle School is to be expelled for the remainder of the 2025–26 spring semester and the 2026–27 fall semester with transfer to Vine Community Day School; one Porterville High School student was the subject of a stipulated expulsion agreement—expelled for the same period but suspended and assigned to the PASS program with a suspended expulsion contract permitting return to mainstream school; Vine Community Day School cases involved 17 students, of whom nine met terms of rehabilitation and are recommended to return to mainstream or alternative placement, while eight failed their rehabilitation plans and are recommended to remain at Vine.
The board did not take additional public comment on the expulsions at the time of the motion. The record indicates formal action was taken and approved; no dissenting votes were recorded.
