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Public commenter demands board member resign over character letter for convicted offender
Summary
During public comment, Katie Sassa accused board member Michelle Henley of writing a character letter on behalf of a convicted predator named in the comment and urged Henley to resign; the comment prompted no recorded response from the named board member and was scheduled for executive-session follow-up where personnel or student matters apply.
At the public-comment portion of the DeSoto County School District board meeting, Katie Sassa used her allotted time to demand the resignation of board member Michelle Henley and to call attention to a character letter Henley allegedly wrote on behalf of a person Sassa identified as an ‘‘admitted … convicted predator, Lindsay Whiteside.’'
Sassa said Henley had declined an opportunity to retract the letter and that…
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