Mary Ginley stood in a circle of former and current teachers minutes before the School Board's special meeting Tuesday to discuss the firing of the Supt.
Ginley was a teacher at Cranberry Elementary School. She was a teacher in Massachusetts for a long time. She said she was horrified by the firing of the teacher.
The school board authorized resignation negotiations.
Brennan Asplen is leaving the school district.
Who are you going to come next? "I said that." Do they want something? Is this going to be a safe place for white Christians to go to church if every kid is welcome?
The meeting was filled with public comments from teachers, parents and students who begged the board to keep their leader. After the meeting, the board moved to authorize negotiations for his resignation.
A high school senior at a county school. At her first board meeting as a sophomore, she spoke about the changing conservative dynamic on the board.
Mitchell doesn't believe that the School Board should have an unfettered power in this county, and he doesn't believe that politicians should use superintendencies as playing fields for politics.
Mitchell was concerned about the decision to fire Asplen in the middle of the school year.
Mitchell said it wasn't for the benefit of most of the county. It's to benefit the political ambitions of the school board members and the politicians who supported them.
The speakers said that the board was violating open government laws. She said that he broke the law when he developed the equity policy for the district. She thought his handling of the issue was grounds for dismissal.
She doesn't feel bad for him because he will get double the median pay of a family in the area.
In a different day, this might have worked but you allowed yourself to be their puppet.
Karen worked as a school volunteer for 17 years. She was appointed by the School Board member to serve on the Citizens Advisory Committee for the search for the new leader of the school district. She said he was her firstchoice.
She said the board's decision to fire him would be premature since two new members voted to remove him even though they hadn't worked with him.
She questioned the board's move to fire Asplen minutes after they assumed their positions, and implied that they talked about board business outside of the sunshine.
It looks like hypocrisy for people who talk about transparency. After promising to restore professionalism and order, you are sowing division and chaos.
A teacher in North Port has been in the school system for 19 years and has worked under four different administrators.
LeFever, a self-proclaimed Republican, praised Asplen for his leadership during the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
LeFever said that he has kept all the ships upright and sailing.
She wanted to know why the board was looking to fire him despite the positive evaluations of the schools.
LeFever said that he was rethinking his 35 years in the district because of the board.
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