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Worcester County board member announces immediate resignation, criticizes media and teachers' association
Summary
During the FY27 budget input session a District 6 board member—later identified in remarks and thanked by colleagues as Miss Addis—announced an immediate resignation and used her remarks to criticize local media and the Worcester County Teachers Association; the board publicly thanked her but did not substantively rebut specific personnel allegations made in open session.
During remarks near the end of the Worcester County Board of Education budget hearing, a long-serving board member announced an immediate resignation from the District 6 Scribe Board Representative seat and used the opportunity to voice sharp criticisms of the local press and the Worcester County Teachers Association.
The member said she had "always said I would be in this seat to try and invoke change for the greater good of Worcester County," but then described a breakdown in trust with local media and the teachers association, saying local journalism "is very much a part of the good old boy network" and urging the public to "question what the media newspapers are putting out to the public." She accused the teachers association of pressuring educators and urged community members to "reconsider your membership and directing your support elsewhere."
The board member also raised a personnel-level allegation in public: "We have a teacher who implied he wanted students dead, and instead of firing him, our superintendent rewarded him with a paid vacation, I mean, administrative leave." That allegation was stated in open session without accompanying documentation and no personnel finding or investigatory outcome was presented at the meeting.
Following those remarks the board president and colleagues addressed the member directly. Superintendent Dr. Wallace and board member Dr. Andes thanked her for her service; Dr. Andes said he was "surprised and shocked at your announcement this evening" and expressed appreciation for her commitment despite disagreements. The board did not take action related to personnel matters during the meeting, and no investigative findings were discussed in open session.
What this means now: the resignation is effective immediately according to the member’s remarks; board leadership publicly recognized her service and encouraged continued public engagement in the budget process. The personnel allegations raised in her remarks were not corroborated or resolved in open session and remain unaddressed in the public record of the hearing.
Reporting note: the article quotes the board member’s public remarks and the board’s immediate responses as presented in the meeting transcript; personnel allegations reported here are unverified and were not adjudicated at the meeting.
