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Parents and former teachers urge DeSoto County school board to demand resignation after reference letter
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Several parents and former teachers urged the DeSoto County School District board on Nov. 6 to demand the resignation of board member Michelle Henley after she submitted a character reference for a person convicted of crimes against a child.
Several parents and former teachers urged the DeSoto County School District Board of Trustees on Nov. 6 to demand the resignation of board member Michelle Henley after she submitted a character reference in a criminal case involving a person convicted of crimes against a child.
Pam Caprill, a resident who requested to appear during the meeting’s public-comment period, said: "No school board member should ever support someone who has been indicted for a crime against a child in their district." Caprill said Henley’s letter "went against what you were elected to do and provide to the students."
Tyler Littlejohn, who identified himself as…
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