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Gresham-Barlow board adopts superintendent's recommendation to dismiss employee Oscar Ramirez
Summary
After an executive session on personnel, the Gresham-Barlow School District board voted 7-0 on Aug. 20, 2025 to adopt the superintendent's recommendation to dismiss employee Oscar Ramirez effective that date, citing "immorality and neglect of duty."
The Gresham-Barlow School District Board of Education on Aug. 20, 2025 voted unanimously to adopt Superintendent Dr. Tracy Klinger’s recommendation to dismiss an employee, Oscar Ramirez, effective Aug. 20, 2025. The board took the vote after reconvening from an executive session on personnel.
Kris Howatt moved to adopt the superintendent’s recommendation; Heather Coleman-Cox seconded. The motion (MOTION 15) carried with seven ayes and zero no votes. The minutes record the dismissal grounds as "immorality and neglect of duty." The recommended action was presented to the board following an executive session held under ORS 192.660(2)(b), the Oregon statute authorizing closed meetings to discuss certain personnel matters.
The meeting record shows the board recessed into executive session at 5:02 p.m. and reconvened at 5:29 p.m. The minutes note that executive sessions are closed to the public and that no decision may be made during the executive session itself; the formal motion and vote occurred in open session after reconvening. The board chair for the session was Blake Petersen.
