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Rock Island High's principal is suspended five days without pay after the board sets its policy aside

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If you follow Rock Island schools, here's the news. The Rock Island-Milan School Board suspended its own policy Tuesday so it could discipline Rock Island High School Principal Patricia Ulrich. WQAD reports the board voted to suspend her.

5 daysRock Island High's principal is suspended without pay

The Rock Island-Milan board voted after temporarily suspending district policy.

Source: WQAD

  • Penalty: five days without pay
  • Explanation: district officials declined to explain the suspension
  • Board concern: the precedent the decision would set

Separately, the Rock Island-Milan Board of Education approved Dr. Lori Holmes as dean of students at Rock Island High, the Muscatine Journal reports. She brings 25 years of educational leadership.

25 yearsof educational leadership Dr. Lori Holmes brings as dean of students

The board approved Holmes for the dean of students job at Rock Island High School.

Source: Muscatine Journal

Sources: Dispatch Argus, WQAD, Muscatine Journal

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