GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — Following nearly five hours of discussion, accusations, and emotional testimony, the Green Bay Area Public Schools Board of Education voted on Wednesday to fire embattled Green Bay East varsity football coach and staff member Niko Sila.

After a meeting that lasted nearly five hours, the board voted 5-2 in favor of firing Sila.

In a statement, the school district said his firing was based on two areas of misconduct: Intentional falsification of student attendance records and unauthorized transportation of students without complying with board policy.

The school district says that on more than 140 occasions from September 5 to October 15 of this year, Sila deleted "accurate and official student absence records" from the district's student record systems.

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