FARGO (KFGO) – After less than 15 minutes in executive session, the Fargo School Board voted Tuesday afternoon to suspend Fargo South High School teacher Kevin Kennedy without pay while he goes through the discharge for cause process as recommended by Superintendent Rupak Gandhi. The vote was unanimous among the board members in attendance.
Gandhi will now file a petition for the purpose of appointing an Administrative Law Judge to preside over a just cause hearing at a later date.
Gandhi outlined the standards of North Dakota Century Code under which the discharge for cause is being recommended as immoral conduct, conduct unbecoming of the position held by the individual, and failure to correct behavior after written notices.
Kennedy’s personnel file details accusations of inappropriate comments to and contact with students. Kennedy teaches English, Theatre Arts and Performing Arts. He’s been at South since 2013.