In a brief special School Board meeting Monday night, Pea Ridge School Board members voted to expel a 16-year-old male student after hearing evidence from assistant principal Chip Greenwell and a recommendation from superintendent Rick Neal.
Greenwell said that the student had been absent 20 of the previous 48 days for two different 10-day suspensions following infractions including student battery, felony terroristic threatening, major disruption of classroom and threatening a student.
The student's mother represented him during the open hearing and apologized to the board for her son's misbehavior.
"Next year, the door will always be open," Neal said.
General News on 03/18/2015