FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
A three-day hot mic saga comes to a close on February 19, 2021, with a letter offering the resignation of an entire San Francisco Bay Area s Elementary School District Board, which will be replaced on an interim basis. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Entire Bay Area school board resigns after making disparaging comments about parents in virtual meeting
An entire San Francisco Bay Area school board resigned this week for making disparaging comments about parents during a virtual meeting the officials didn’t realize was being broadcast to the public.
Four members of the Oakley Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees had stepped down by Friday, following an outcry from parents who obtained thousands of signatures on a petition calling for their resignations. It comes amid heightened tensions across the state regarding reopening schools.
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Consequences: Oakley school board president resigns after open-mic disparaging of parents; UPDATE: All board members on call resign too
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Consequences: Oakley school board president resigns after open-mic disparaging of parents; UPDATE: All board members on call resign too
Ed MorrisseyPosted at 8:21 pm on February 19, 2021
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This seems like a shame a shame that it didn’t include the resignation of the entire board. Oakley’s school board made national news when a parent recorded what members thought was a private conversation, and captured the board’s contempt for parents anxious to get their children back in school. Board president Lisa Brizendine resigned last night after declaring that parents only “want their baby sitters back”:
The accidental “hot mic” moment on Wednesday night laid bare the heightened tensions between elected officials who are under growing pressure to reopen schools amid the coronavirus pandemic, and parents who have now spent nearly a year simultaneously juggling work and child-care duties.