Tensions over Gilbert’s costly fees have underpinned a broader wave of turmoil on the school board. Prior to hiring Gilbert, the board pursued and tabled a policy that would have blocked transgender students from certain locker rooms, bathrooms and sports teams.
Douglas County School Board Trustee Tony Magnotta submitted his resignation late last week, effective immediately. Magnotta has been one of the three longer-term trustees who have butted heads with the three new trustees who have been the center of controversy since being elected in November 2022.
The next monthly meeting of the Douglas County School Board will be held on December 12, 2023, at 4 p.m. at the Douglas High School Media Center and will be carried on Zoom (https://dcsd-k12.zoom.us/j/81999349449 passcode Dec2023). On the agenda:
After three years on the Douglas County School Board, Trustee Tony Magnotta submitted a letter of resignation on Dec. 6 which will be read at Tuesday’s school board meeting. “It is with a heavy heart.
The next monthly meeting of the Douglas County School Board will be held on December 12, 2023, at 4 p.m. at the Douglas High School Media Center and will be carried on Zoom (https://dcsd-k12.zoom.us/j/81999349449 passcode Dec2023). On the agenda: