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School board member admits replacing superintendent portrait; board moves him off committees and holds closed meeting
Summary
Board members discussed and investigated an incident in which a member replaced the superintendent's portrait with an altered image, moved to a closed session under Va. Code §2.2-3711(A)(8), and the member apologized and offered to resign; the chair removed him from discipline and finance committees immediately.
Members of the Lynchburg City Schools board addressed an incident in which board member Mister DePaul removed and altered a portrait of the district's thirteenth superintendent and replaced it with an image from a movie, then restored the original picture after staff reported it.
Board Chair Doctor Day said the board convened a closed session under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act citing Va. Code §2.2-3711(A)(8) to consult with counsel about the investigation. "On January 21, at the end of a discipline committee hearing in this room, Mister…
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