RSU 73 board votes to allow expelled student to return after executive session
April 26, 2024 | RSU 73, School Districts, Maine
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The RSU 73 School Board voted after an executive session to allow an expelled student identified in the record as student Z to return to school starting the coming Monday. The motion to permit reentry was offered by Tasha and seconded by Robin. The board entered executive session to discuss the matter pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A. §405(6)(B), then reconvened and approved the motion by roll call.
Why it matters: School reentry decisions after expulsions involve student-safety, disciplinary conditions and any required supports or monitoring. The board’s recorded action ends the student’s exclusion and directs school staff to implement the reentry plan beginning Monday.
What the board did: Chair asked the board to move out of executive session at 07:12 and the board then voted on the reentry motion. According to the transcript the motion was moved by Tasha and seconded by Robin; the board approved the motion on roll call. The record does not include the disciplinary conditions or any written reentry plan in the public portion of the meeting.
Procedural context and authority: The board cited 1 M.R.S.A. §405(6)(B) as the statutory basis for holding a closed-session discussion on student reentry. The statute permits boards to convene in executive session for certain student-record or discipline matters.
Votes at a glance (recorded motions that met in public session):
- Motion to accept the March 28, 2024 meeting minutes — motion carried (roll call; several abstentions recorded in the transcript).
- Motion to accept the April 11, 2024 budget meeting minutes — motion carried after a brief attendee correction (roll call).
- Motion to accept retirement of Jane Costa, English teacher at Spruce Mountain High School — motion carried (roll call).
- Motion to accept retirement of Jane DePompo, phys. ed./health teacher at Spruce Mountain Elementary School — motion carried (roll call).
- Motion to allow expelled student Z to reenter school starting Monday — motion carried (mover: Tasha; second: Robin).
What the public can expect next: The transcript records the board’s approval but does not record specific terms of the reentry (conditions, supports, supervision or reporting). Board members and staff typically follow up with written notices and applicable educational supports; the transcript did not include those details.
Source: Public meeting transcript of the RSU 73 School Board.
Why it matters: School reentry decisions after expulsions involve student-safety, disciplinary conditions and any required supports or monitoring. The board’s recorded action ends the student’s exclusion and directs school staff to implement the reentry plan beginning Monday.
What the board did: Chair asked the board to move out of executive session at 07:12 and the board then voted on the reentry motion. According to the transcript the motion was moved by Tasha and seconded by Robin; the board approved the motion on roll call. The record does not include the disciplinary conditions or any written reentry plan in the public portion of the meeting.
Procedural context and authority: The board cited 1 M.R.S.A. §405(6)(B) as the statutory basis for holding a closed-session discussion on student reentry. The statute permits boards to convene in executive session for certain student-record or discipline matters.
Votes at a glance (recorded motions that met in public session):
- Motion to accept the March 28, 2024 meeting minutes — motion carried (roll call; several abstentions recorded in the transcript).
- Motion to accept the April 11, 2024 budget meeting minutes — motion carried after a brief attendee correction (roll call).
- Motion to accept retirement of Jane Costa, English teacher at Spruce Mountain High School — motion carried (roll call).
- Motion to accept retirement of Jane DePompo, phys. ed./health teacher at Spruce Mountain Elementary School — motion carried (roll call).
- Motion to allow expelled student Z to reenter school starting Monday — motion carried (mover: Tasha; second: Robin).
What the public can expect next: The transcript records the board’s approval but does not record specific terms of the reentry (conditions, supports, supervision or reporting). Board members and staff typically follow up with written notices and applicable educational supports; the transcript did not include those details.
Source: Public meeting transcript of the RSU 73 School Board.
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