Board (majority) refuses to support one of the Minor Three

The Core Four stuck together tonight in the final board meeting of the 2021-2022 school year. But the tide will change in November, and the Core Four (what's left of them) will learn what it's like to be on the losing end of every vote.

Trustee Agostini wanted to amend the agenda for July 12th board meeting to include a discussion of Board Policy JKE - Expulsion of  Students and its related Administrative Rule.

AR JKE-R was issued in 1996 and was last revised March 22, 2010 - more than 12 years ago. 

Manning did a good job of sabotaging the motion by wanting to know more about it, so that it would look like he had an excuse for voting against it.

He and the others would have guessed why the Minor Three might want to discuss that policy in public. At a recent board meeting there was an intense discussion about whether a student up for expulsion should have the right to be heard by the board, which presently just takes the superintendent's word for whether a student should be kicked out.

The vote was, of course, 3-4, and Agostini's Motion failed. 

The superintendent said board members can discuss issues with him. Well, they know how well that has worked out during the past year. 

As has been said at previous board meetings, when one trustee brings up a request, the other board members should support it. Why not put it on the agenda? Then, if they want to kill it, they can kill it after discussion, not kill it when the Motion is made.

But that's the way The Core Four operates.