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Gilmer County Schools board accepts coach resignation, ratifies unpaid suspension and termination after executive session
Summary
The Gilmer County Schools board accepted the resignation of Ben Huffman, its head varsity girls track coach, and after an executive session ratified an unpaid suspension and termination for employee Jennifer Harper related to an alleged failure to report abuse.
The Gilmer County Schools Board of Education on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Ben Huffman as head varsity girls track coach and, after holding an executive session, ratified an unpaid suspension and termination for employee Jennifer Harper.
The meeting opened at 5 p.m. with a roll call that identified Mister Barton, Mister Fresh Air, Doctor Miller, Mister Chapman and Doctor Minnie as present. The board first addressed personnel business and the chair read an item describing Huffman’s resignation.
A board member who had been addressed in roll call as "Doctor Minnie" recommended making a motion to accept Ben Huffman’s resignation.…
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