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Parents, residents demand apology after board director read slur during recent library-policy discussion
Summary
Multiple parents and residents told the Pine-Richland School District board on Dec. 16 that a board director’s reading of a racial slur during a prior library-policy discussion harmed students and community members and urged the director to apologize. Speakers referenced district policy and an online recording of the prior meeting.
At the Dec. 16 Pine-Richland School District combined meeting, three residents told the board they were hurt and alarmed after a board director read a racial slur aloud during a recent library-policy discussion and asked the director to apologize.
Rebecca Hoffman, a parent and resident, addressed board director Mister Weethorn directly in a prepared statement and said she had watched the board member’s remarks “a couple of times” and that more than 1,300 people had viewed the recording. “Your use of the word was not as a tool, it was a weapon that you used against our community,” Hoffman said,…
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