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Resident urges apology for president's social‑media post; community raises school security concerns
Summary
At the Nov. 18 Riverview School District meeting, resident Ellen Keelan publicly criticized a post she attributed to the board president and asked for a formal apology. Other residents raised concerns about armed guards and resource officers under Act 67; the board did not take formal action on those comments.
During the meeting’s second hearing of citizens on Nov. 18, longtime Riverview resident Ellen Keelan read and criticized a social‑media post she attributed to the school board president, calling the language divisive and asking the president to apologize.
Keelan told the board she was "embarrassed and disappointed" and read part of the post aloud, saying it included the line, "if you voted for Trump, you voted to support a convicted felon, a racist, homophobic, misogynistic, pathetic excuse…
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