Plano Community Unit School District 88 Board of Education met Aug. 12.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The Board of Education of Plano Community Unit School District No. 88 met in special session on Monday, August 12, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Plano School District Administration Office.
I CALL TO ORDER
President Campbell called the special meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. Present for roll call were Campbell, Jernigan, Klatt, Martinez, W aldrop and W ard. Member V elazquez was absent. Also present were Plano Middle School Principal Mark Heller, Hearing Officer Abby Alvarez and Superintendent Baker. Superintendent Baker was appointed secretary pro-tem.
II EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS STUDENT DISCIPLINARY CASES (#20- 01 & #20-02) (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9))
Klatt moved, and Jernigan seconded the motion, to go into executive session at 6:03 p.m. for the purpose of discussing student disciplinary matters (Discipline Cases #20-01 & #20-02), pursuant to Illinois Code 2(c)(9) of the Open Meetings Act.
Voting aye: Klatt, Jernigan, Campbell, Martinez, Waldrop and Ward. Motion carried: 6 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.
Klatt moved, and Jernigan seconded the motion, to come out of executive session at 7:00 p.m.
Voting aye: Klatt, Jernigan, Campbell, Martinez, Waldrop and Ward.
Motion carried: 6 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.
III ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION
Student Discipline Case #20-01
Ward moved, and Klatt seconded the motion, that all documents, the tape recording and all evidence and testimony submitted as a part of the student disciplinary proceeding be made a part of the closed session minutes of the Board of Education, and be deemed a part of the student’s temporary file.
It was further moved that, based upon and after the Board’s consideration of the evidence and testimony of the expulsion hearing held on August 12, 2019, the Board of Education enter a finding that the student in Discipline Case #20-01 was guilty of gross misconduct as charged by the district’s administration of Plano High School.
It was further moved that the student in Discipline Case #20-01 should be expelled from Plano School District No. 88 for the first and second semester of the 2019-20 school year and the first and second semester of the 2020-21 school year, with no services provided by Plano School District No. 88.
Voting aye: Ward, Klatt, Campbell, Jernigan, Martinez and Waldrop. Motion carried: 6 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.
III ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION (cont.)
Student Discipline Case #20-02
Ward moved, and Klatt seconded the motion, that all documents, the tape recording and all evidence and testimony submitted as a part of the student disciplinary proceeding be made a part of the closed session minutes of the Board of Education, and be deemed a part of the student’s temporary file.
It was further moved that, based upon and after the Board’s consideration of the evidence and testimony of the expulsion hearing held on August 12, 2019, the Board of Education enter a finding that the student in Discipline Case #20-02 was guilty of gross misconduct as charged by the district’s administration of Plano High School.
It was further moved that the student in Discipline Case #20-02 should be expelled from Plano School District No. 88 for the first and second semester of the 2019-20 school year and the first and second semester of the 2020-21 school year, with no services provided by Plano School District No. 88.
Voting aye: Ward, Klatt, Campbell, Jernigan, Martinez and Waldrop. Motion carried: 6 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.
IV ADJOURNMENT
Klatt moved, and Martinez seconded the motion, to adjourn the meeting at 7:05 p.m. Voting aye: Klatt, Martinez, Campbell, Jernigan, Waldrop and Ward.
Motion carried: 6 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.
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