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Big Walnut board votes to censure member Zach Duffy over crowdfunding and social-media conduct
Summary
After amending the agenda, board members adopted a resolution that publicly censured Board member Zach Duffy for an unauthorized crowdfunding campaign and for a board-member social media page that used district logos and made statements the board said created the impression of board endorsement.
The Big Walnut Local Board of Education voted Monday to censure Board member Zach Duffy, adopting a resolution that criticized Duffy for operating an unauthorized online crowdfunding campaign and a social-media page that the board said used district imagery and posted misleading statements.
The board added the resolution as an amendment to the agenda and then debated and adopted the measure in a roll-call vote.
What the resolution says
The resolution, read into the record by a board member during the meeting, said the board "censures and reprimands" Duffy for two reasons: 1) creating and accepting donations to an online crowdfunding campaign that "did not comply with our board policies,"…
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