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Public commenters press district on record fees, urge apology for board member's post
Summary
Two public commenters asked the board to waive record fees and to hold a board member accountable for social-media remarks they said marginalize LGBTQIA+ students; Angela Taylor asked for a public apology from the named director.
EY Mendel, who was introduced by the superintendent as the first public commenter, thanked the district for producing records but argued the fees for those records should be waived when the information is in the public interest. "The fees on those should be waived," Mendel said, and asked the board to consider an independent third-party review of the misconduct investigation because ClearRisk was hired by the district's insurer.
Angela Taylor identified herself and told trustees she supports free speech but said elected board members speak with the authority of the office and should separate personal politics from their public role. Taylor criticized a board member's social-media post about the Washington Education Association and said the rhetoric marginalizes LGBTQIA+ students; she requested a public apology and asked trustees to uphold the district's strategic plan values of inclusion and belonging.
