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Lynchburg council request to pressure school board member to resign fails in tie
Summary
A motion asking Christian DePaul to voluntarily resign from the Lynchburg School Board failed on a 3-3 vote after city council debate about process, due process and a school-board investigation that found DePaul admitted placing a novelty image over a colleague’s portrait.
Lynchburg City Council on Tuesday considered but did not adopt a formal request that Christian DePaul resign from his seat on the Lynchburg School Board, with the vote ending in a 3-3 tie.
The council vote followed a presentation from a school board representative summarizing an investigation into an incident in which a framed photograph of board member Dr. Edwards was removed and covered with an image from the movie The Goonies and the caption area altered. "These are the essential facts and are undisputed," said Dr. Dave, speaking for Lynchburg City Schools, and reported that Mr. DePaul acknowledged the act, apologized and has been removed as chair of the Student Discipline Committee and the Facilities and Finance Committee.
The motion on the council floor, offered by Councilman Wagner, would have asked that "Christian DePaul, a current member of the Lynchburg School Board over the city of Lynchburg, hereby be requested to properly and voluntarily resign his position as a member of the school…
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