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Board amends school‑closure committee membership amid contested debate over nominees
Summary
The board voted to add a third board co‑chair to the school‑closure committee but rejected an amendment that would have barred employees, relatives or November board candidates from serving as community nominees; the meeting featured heated debate about optics and precedent.
At the Sept. 17 meeting the board amended the superintendent’s resolution establishing a school‑closure committee to add a third board co‑chair, naming Board Members Adrianna Zulich and Janita Everhart plus Sharon Belton Cottman as co‑chairs; the board recorded that Belton Cottman’s co‑chair role would end if she left office Dec. 31.
The meeting then considered a second amendment proposed by Vice President Scott to restrict…
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