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Pontiac City School District board meets in closed session over student discipline
Summary
On Nov. 3, 2025, the Pontiac City School District Board moved into a closed session to consider the discipline of a student under Section 8(b) of the Open Meetings Act. The motion carried unanimously; the minutes record the board exiting closed session and adjourning but provide no public details about the disciplinary matter.
The Pontiac City School District Board convened Nov. 3, 2025, at 5:03 PM in the WHRC Little Theater and approved its agenda before moving into a closed session to consider student discipline under Section 8(b) of Michigan’s Open Meetings Act.
Board President Dr. Anisha Hannah presided over roll call, which confirmed a quorum with Dr. Hannah, Vice President Kenyada Bowman, Treasurer Marcus Terry, Secretary Sha'Quana Davis-Smith, and trustees Kevin Gross, Tanisha Miller and Jennifer Dooley present. Trustee Marcus Terry moved to approve the agenda; Vice President Kenyada Bowman supported the motion, which carried unanimously.
Trustee Jennifer Dooley moved to enter closed session “to consider the discipline of student pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Open Meetings Act,” a motion supported by Vice President Kenyada Bowman and recorded as approved by the board. The minutes show the board exited the closed session at 5:49 PM after a motion by Bowman, supported by Terry. The meeting was then moved to adjourn by Trustee Jennifer Dooley, supported by Vice President Kenyada Bowman; the minutes record the motions as carried.
The certified minutes include a written certification by Secretary Sha'Quana Davis-Smith: "I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are true and correct." The minutes list no public details about the disciplinary matter discussed in closed session; Section 8(b) provides the statutory basis for discussing student discipline in private, and the board did not record any public actions or sanctions in these minutes.
The meeting record includes a timing discrepancy: motions recorded in the minutes show the board coming out of closed session at 5:49 PM and voting to adjourn at 5:50 PM, but the final line of the certified minutes states the meeting "was adjourned at 5:40 PM." The minutes do not reconcile that difference.
