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Board changes public-comment schedule and hears heated remarks in public comment
Summary
The board voted to move public comment to the start of business meetings and to the end of work sessions (retaining 30 speakers × 2 minutes); public commenters raised accusations about board members' past statements, asked for reversal of a policy removal, requested more time for organizational comments and offered community programs.
The Calvert County Board of Education changed its meeting procedures to hold public comment at the beginning of business meetings and at the end of work sessions, retaining the existing limit of 30 speakers at two minutes each. The motion to change the public-comment schedule carried 5-0.
During the public-comment block, speakers raised a…
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