BROCKTON — The Brockton School Committee plans to discuss disciplining Mayor Robert F. Sullivan on Tuesday.
An agenda posted Friday afternoon on the school’s website and on Monday morning on the city’s website includes a closed-door session to “‘discuss the reputation, character, physical condition or mental health, rather than professional competence, of an individual, or to discuss the discipline or dismissal of, or complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual’ – Mayor/Chair Robert F. Sullivan, Brockton Public School Committee.”
City Solicitor Megan Bridges said that two school committee members requested the item be added to the agenda. However, she said, the school committee “is not authorized with the ability to discipline a member.”
It wasn’t clear Monday afternoon if the item would remain on the agenda.
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