Resident criticizes board member social post at Southern York County School District meeting
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At the public-comment period Ashley Morrison read and criticized a social-media post by a sitting board member she described as exclusionary toward residents, urging the board to embrace community diversity and saying her family will remain in the district.
During public comment at the Dec. 4 Southern York County School District board meeting, Ashley Morrison addressed a social-media post made the day after the election by a sitting board member and read the post aloud.
Morrison quoted the post: "each time the lefties try, the good people who live here say no louder than before...You are out of your place here...I would love to see for sale signs...SYSCD is out of your reach..." She said the language was ‘‘concerning on multiple levels,’’ criticized sweeping generalizations about residents and said the post suggested an exodus of people who disagree with the board’s positions. Morrison urged the board to value diversity and said her family chose the district for its reputation and intends to stay.
The board returned the item to routine discussion; no formal disciplinary action or formal board response to the post is recorded in the minutes. Board discussion immediately following public comment was limited to acknowledging the comment and moving on to the posted agenda.
The minutes do not identify the board member who authored the social post; Morrison referred to it as posted by "a sitting board member." The board did not take action on the post during the meeting.
