Cumberland Valley School Board member resigns after actor allowed to speak at middle school

A member of the Cumberland Valley School Board resigned after an actor was re-invited to speak at an anti-bullying assembly later this month. Brian Drapp said in his resignation letter on Monday that he voted twice against allowing a 'political activist' to speak to Mountain View Middle School students.Last month, the school board canceled Maulik Pancholy 's talk. After pushback from the community, there was an emergency meeting in which the board voted 5-4 to reverse the cancellation.

'I voted twice against a political activist speaking to our middle school students. I am very uncomfortable with assembling 12-, 13-, and 14-year-old students to listen to someone who supports violent protests and the organization he co-founded overtly advocating 'in order to change the structure of our current education, legal, and policing system, many find it necessary to upend the current system by any means necessary.' These beliefs are not aligned with our Mission Statement.

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