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Procedural dispute flares at Pueblo County School District 70 meeting over recent board appointment
Summary
Board members and residents clashed over whether a recent appointment to a vacant District 70 board seat followed the district’s process and Colorado law; critics said the Feb. 10 meeting was improperly abandoned and urged the board to review the appointment and any conflicts of interest.
PUEBLO — Tensions over a recent appointment to a vacant seat on the Pueblo County School District 70 board surfaced during public comment as residents and some board members questioned whether the district followed its own procedures and state law.
Several speakers said the February meeting where the board voted on candidates did not conclude properly and that the board president appointed a new member without sufficient transparency. “It is inappropriate and premature for the board president to appoint someone before the February 10 meeting adjourned,” an attendee said, citing the need to follow the board’s adopted procedures…
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