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Parents and residents call on Benicia Unified board to act after trustee’s social-media posts
Summary
Three public speakers urged the Benicia Unified School District board to remove Trustee Miceli or press him to resign, saying his social-media posts ‘celebrated death’ and posed a danger to students and the community; the board did not take formal disciplinary action at the meeting.
Kathleen Smith, speaking as a parent and community member, told the Benicia Unified School District board on Sept. 19 that silence in the face of inflammatory conduct is ‘‘complicity’’ and urged trustees to ask Trustee Miceli to resign.
‘‘When one of your members publicly celebrates death, mocks suffering and spreads hate and nothing happens, it's not just his failure,’’ Smith said during the public-comment period, calling the conduct incompatible with the…
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