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After months of increasingly divisive rhetoric reached a tipping point Tuesday night when a School Board public comment session was abruptly halted, and two audience members were detained by county deputies.
Contentious input sessions have been staples of the School Board’s bi-monthly meetings for more than a year as a vocal group of parents criticized the pandemic school closures. In recent months, those speeches have focused on the school division’s equity initiatives and the proposed adoption of a state-mandated policy concerning the rights of transgender students.
The latter was the featured topic on Tuesday’s meeting agenda.
The meeting room was packed with speakers supporting a proposed policy for transgender students and critics who oppose that policy and the school division’s equity programs.
Nearly 250 had signed up to speak during the public comment period.
Chairwoman Brenda Sheridan (Sterling) repeatedly warned the audience to refrain from cheering or clapping during the comment session—which, with each speaker allotted one minute to talk, was expected to take four hours. After one outburst, she called a brief recess. The session resumed until, following remarks by former state senator Dick Black criticizing the board’s actions, the crowd erupted again.
Atoosa Reeser (Algonkian) made a motion to end public comment, approved by a unanimous board vote. After board members left the dais, members of the crowd and began to chant “shame on you.”
The crowd formed a line to continue with an informal public comment, butdeputies were called to clear the room.
A second man was arrested after getting into an altercation with another audience member and then a scuffle with deputies.He was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He and one other audience member were treated for minor injuries.
The School Board resumed its meeting about 30 minutes later with only school staff and media in the room.
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