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Residents challenge Fayette County school board’s public-comment limits and ask for follow-up on Facebook post and name-change
Summary
Residents used the public-comment period to raise concerns about a board member’s Facebook post, request records on security officers and a name change, and challenge the district’s restriction of non-agenda comments; board officials said policy limits comment topics and promised follow-up.
Residents used the public-comment period at the Fayette County Public Schools special called meeting to press the board on social-media communications, security measures and a contested name-change issue.
Lamar Hobson told the board he was displeased about a Facebook post by a board member and said he believed his First Amendment rights were being violated when he was not permitted to speak about the post during the meeting. Dr. McPherson responded that he had…
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