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Brandywine board divided over Reading Consortium vote; many urge abstention or recusal
Summary
Board members debated what direction, if any, to give Superintendent Lawson ahead of a Reading Consortium vote the following day, expressing concerns about lack of a concrete plan, incomplete financial data and potential resegregation. No formal board instruction was adopted; Lawson will decide in the moment.
Board members on the Brandywine School District Board of Education spent much of their December meeting debating what instruction, if any, to give Superintendent Lawson ahead of a Reading Consortium vote scheduled for the next day.
Several board members urged Lawson to abstain or recuse herself from the consortium vote, citing what they called insufficient planning and unclear financial and logistical implications. "There is no plan," said Board member (Speaker 11), criticizing the…
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