RIO RANCHO — The Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education might not have to worry about handing down suspensions or expulsions against students one day.
The board discussed last week whether to make a district policy revision that would allow the RRPS superintendent or designee to review a hearing authority’s final decision on such students, should they appeal.
When board member Dr. Michael Berry asked the district about the purpose of removing the school board from student disciplinary proceedings, Michelle Havill, RRPS executive director of student services, responded that it would, in part, “take that task off your plate in the limited amount of time you have to serve” as school board members…