A majority of the Elizabeth School District Board of Education resigned from their positions Monday after weeks of tension. via Meghan_Lopez
The resignations of President Cary Karcher, Vice President Kim Frumveller and Secretary Craig Blackham were accepted in a roughly six minute long meeting Monday evening. Only two members, Heather Booth and Rhonda Olsen, remain.
“We do not want boys being told that they can be girls or girls that they can be boys. We do not want to support mental illness that says children can identify as cat or dog,” said one parent during a February school board meeting. Still, the topic has dominated conversations at board meetings and between members, leading to Monday’s resignations.
“I cannot see spending full time debating issues that are not issues, spending time going back and forth on disagreements,” she said.In his resignation letter, Blackham said there has been a complete breakdown by the school board of policy, values, ethics and confidentiality agreements. He also accused the board of violating state law, but did not go into detail.
Education experts tell Denver7 there are worries about the politicization of school board and the loss of focus on children. “School board elections will have serious consequences if people who value those stay on the sideline while a few people come to stay focused on a few narrow topics,” Miles said.
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