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Board outlines hearing procedures and holds closed-session level-3 grievance hearing
Summary
The board set hearing rules (10-minute initial presentations, 5-minute rebuttals, no questioning) and entered closed session to conduct a level-3 grievance hearing requested by Monica Martinez; the board later returned to open session and voted.
President Nieto outlined the hearing procedures: each side would have up to 10 minutes for an initial presentation, the grievant would have the first opportunity for rebuttal followed by administration, rebuttals would be limited to five minutes, and the hearing would not be evidentiary with no questioning of the board or witnesses during presentations.
The president also announced that the official record of the procedures was being audio recorded. The board then entered closed session to conduct the level-3 grievance hearing requested by Monica Martinez under district policy DGBA; after deliberation the board returned to open session and took a public vote to uphold the administration's level-2 finding.
"Each side will have an opportunity to make initial presentations, which will be limited to 10 minutes," the president said when explaining the rules for the hearing.
