The school board undid a previous vote that would have removed four school board members.
Some of the members targeted by the ethics panel reports had already left the board when the state investigation was released last month. But before that, the school board decided to oust the remaining four targets of the ethics reports.
Curtis Valentine, an appointed, at-large member, offered an apology to those board members targeted by the initial ethics reports. He explained to the board that the inspector general’s investigation changed his mind about removing them.“I should have done more homework,” Valentine said. “I should have come to the meeting better prepared.”
Eight members voted Thursday to accept the inspector general’s findings and undo the vote to remove the targeted members. Juanita D. Miller, the board’s chair, abstained, saying more time was needed to review the inspector general’s report. She also noted that a separaterequested by the county council and released in June found there were some violations of hiring and open meetings policies by the same board members targeted in the ethics panel reports.
“I think there’s a lot of conflicting, well, could be considered, conflicting information,” Miller said. “I’m just not clear on board members’ … statements that the IG’s report exonerates anybody.”Richard P. Henry, the state inspector general for education, said in an interview Thursday that his office reviewed the performance audit, but did not concur with one of its findings that the board members created positions and recommended salaries without using established policies and procedures.
Former ethics panel chairman Gregory T. Morton did not respond to questions about the inspector general’s investigation. He has said news stories about the state findings were
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