***UPDATE 10/4/23: The appeal request has been withdrawn. Therefore, the Oct. 5 special meeting / hearing has been cancelled.***

(Griswold, Iowa) – The Griswold School District’s Board of Education will hold a special meeting Thursday evening in the Conference Room at 20 Madison Street, beginning at 6:30-p.m. According to the agenda, the meeting is being called to conduct a hearing on “Imposed disciplinary action of a patron,” and includes action on a motion to “Affirm or overturn [the] Administration’s Disciplinary Action imposed on a patron.”

Griswold School District Superintendent Dave Henrichs told KJAN News the incident sparking the disciplinary action occurred during a football game on Sept. 22nd.

Henrichs didn’t want to elaborate prior to the School Board’s meeting on what the patron allegedly did to warrant the disciplinary action, so as to not influence their discussion, but he did speak with regard to his decision to implement the punishment for it.

Henrichs didn’t wish to comment on whether or not the Board with affirm or overturn his decision.

He was asked if this was the first time such action against a patron has place against a Griswold School patron.

The public is welcome to attend Thursday evening’s meeting, since it is not a closed session. Looking ahead to the Board’s next – regular- meeting on Oct. 16th, Dave Henrichs said they should receive information on the Griswold School District’s certified enrollment numbers that will be submitted to the State.