School District of Palm Beach County Packet Summary — July 29, 2026
Special Meeting for Expulsions
The School Board is scheduled to hold a Special Meeting for Expulsions at 2:00 p.m. on July 29 at the Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center Board Room. The packet identifies six student expulsion recommendations on the consent agenda.
The meeting information states that the meeting is open to the public. Agenda-topic speakers will be heard in closed session, while Board voting is scheduled to occur during the public portion of the meeting.
Key Items on the Agenda
Six Expulsion Recommendations
The consent agenda includes six separate student expulsion cases: 25/26-X-036, 25/26-X-043, 25/26-X-042, 25/26-X-041, 25/26-X-040, and 25/26-X-044.
For each case, the administration recommends expulsion from the district's regular school program for one calendar year from the date of the offense. The packet also recommends that the corresponding Final Orders be adopted and entered by the School Board.
- EXP1 — Student 25/26-X-036: Recommended for a one-calendar-year expulsion. The student would be permitted to enroll in a comprehensive campus on March 30, 2027, if conditions specified in the Final Order are met.
- EXP2 — Student 25/26-X-043: Recommended for a one-calendar-year expulsion. The student would be permitted to re-enroll in a comprehensive campus on January 5, 2027, if conditions specified in the Final Order are met.
- EXP3 — Student 25/26-X-042: Recommended for a one-calendar-year expulsion, along with adoption and entry of the attached Final Order.
- EXP4 — Student 25/26-X-041: Recommended for a one-calendar-year expulsion, along with adoption and entry of the attached Final Order.
- EXP5 — Student 25/26-X-040: Recommended for a one-calendar-year expulsion, along with adoption and entry of the attached Final Order.
- EXP6 — Student 25/26-X-044: Recommended for a one-calendar-year expulsion, along with adoption and entry of the attached Final Order.
Policy and Due Process
All six consent-agenda reports cite violations of School Board Policy 5.1814. According to the packet, a principal issued a referral in each case, the student's code-of-conduct offense was investigated, and mitigating factors were considered.
The packet also states that the student and family in each case were provided opportunities for due process. The documents do not provide the underlying offense details in the extracted packet text.
Financial Impact
Each of the six expulsion items lists its financial impact as N/A. No separate expenditure, contract, budget amendment, or other financial action is identified for these recommendations.
Meeting Process
Before reaching the consent agenda, the agenda provides opportunities for the chair to add items for good cause, the superintendent to withdraw items, and Board members to pull items from the consent agenda. The Board is also scheduled to review the meeting agenda, address disclosures and abstentions, and hear agenda-topic speakers.
The packet contains proposed motions to approve the meeting agenda and, later, the consent agenda as presented or amended. These are scheduled actions rather than documented meeting outcomes.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The central question is whether the six recommended student expulsions remain on the consent agenda or whether any are pulled for separate consideration. The packet recommends a one-calendar-year expulsion in every case, but it does not document a Board decision on those recommendations.
Two cases also contain specific potential return dates tied to conditions in their Final Orders: March 30, 2027 for student 25/26-X-036 and January 5, 2027 for student 25/26-X-043. The agenda also includes New Business before adjournment, but the extracted packet does not identify any specific New Business item.
