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Public urges DeSoto County school board to remove member over character letter support
Summary
Speakers at the Dec. 4 DeSoto County Schools board meeting demanded the resignation of board member Michelle Henley, saying she wrote a letter supporting a person who "pled guilty to ****** battery." Speakers presented courtroom evidence and asked the board to act; no response from Henley is recorded in the transcript.
Pam Hickram and other members of the public used the board’s public-comment period on Dec. 4 to demand that board member Michelle Henley resign after she wrote a character letter supporting an individual who "pled guilty to ****** battery," according to statements the speakers read into the record.
"Miss Henley wrote a letter willingly wrote a letter of support for an individual who pled guilty to ****** battery, and she continues to sit on this board refusing to withdraw her letter," Pam Hickram said, urging the board to…
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