A departing member of the Bedford City Board of Education used her final public remarks at the Dec. 18 meeting to call for immediate action on concerns she said have persisted under district leadership.

The board member said she has “grown increasingly concerned about the direction of the district’s leadership,” and criticized what she described as prolonged removal of high‑school administrators that has left the school with “prolonged instability.” She said educators had filed a formal vote of no confidence and that “there comes a point when silence becomes complicity.” The board member called on colleagues to “place the superintendent on administrative leave, initiate an independent investigation, directly hear from affected administrators, and thoroughly review the concerns that have been raised.”

Her remarks, delivered at the meeting’s close, framed the superintendent’s personnel and communication decisions as having “fostered confusion” and diminishing trust in the district’s governance. She said the issue was not mere disagreement but “sustained patterns” that she said negatively affected students, teachers and administrators.

Superintendent Doctor Johnson and other administrators had earlier in the meeting responded to public questions about a teachers’ vote by saying she met with BEA representatives for two hours and that the district had not received clear specifics from the union at that time. Johnson characterized some votes as “executive” and welcomed written specifics and continued dialogue.

The departing board member reiterated her request that the board take formal action if the investigation substantiates the concerns she described. No formal board motion to place the superintendent on leave or to open an independent investigation was made during the Dec. 18 meeting.

The board scheduled its next organizational meeting for Jan. 8, 2026; the departing member’s proposal was not placed on that agenda during the Dec. 18 session.