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The Calhoun County School Board have listed three expulsion hearings on tonight's agenda, likely linked to an incident on school property where an 18-year-old student was charged with malicious assault, a 19-year-old was charged with kidnapping and the third is likely linked to possession of marijuana.
School officials do not release public information related to reasons for expulsions, but an 18-year-old Calhoun High School student was arrested at the Mt. Zion campus in October after he became combative.
Shelby Michael Davis was charged by the Calhoun Sheriff's Department with malicious assault on an officer, manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance and fleeing.
Davis is being held in Central Regional Jail on $43,000 cash bond.
Davis apparently escalated the situation which ended in a struggle with officers, who eventually used pepper spray on him. Sheriff Carl Ballengee received a shoulder injury in the scuffle and Deputy Bob Groves received an injury to his hand.
Another expulsion was reportedly linked to
Thomas John McCullough, 19, of Orma, who has been charged with the alleged kidnapping of three Calhoun girls, ages 10, 14, and 16. It could not be confirmed regarding his current status as a student.
He is being held in Central Regional Jail.
The third expulsion is reportedly linked to a student who was in possession of marijuana.
The agenda indicates these are the first expulsions to be considered for the school year.
A Maintenance Report and the School's Safety Plan will be given by Donald Pitts.
Several student transfers, volunteer agreements and home school requests are before the board.
Several personnel items are on the agenda.
The board meeting starts at 7 p.m.
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