A member of the public used the Nov. 17 CHSD 128 meeting's public comment period to urge Board President Jim Batson to resign and recounted a series of grievances about district leadership.

"I think Jim needs to resign," John Hetzel said, citing what he described as repeated policy and procedural errors. Hetzel alleged that a security presentation by Larry Barn that exposed vulnerabilities was "scrubbed" from the publicly available slide deck and YouTube video the next day, and criticized pandemic-era decisions and personnel choices he said had cost the district "hundreds of thousands of dollars." He also said proficiency scores for several student subgroups had declined over five years.

Hetzel framed his comments as a call for change at the top of the district so that the district can regain higher academic performance for all student groups. The transcript shows no recorded substantive rebuttal or extended board discussion in response to his call for resignation; board members thanked public commenters and proceeded with the meeting.

Context: The remarks were part of the public comment portion of the meeting; no motion, investigation outcome, or personnel action followed from the public comment during the session. Neither board president Jim Batson nor other trustees offered a formal response to the accusations in the transcript segment.