A California school board has resigned after comments bashing parents aired in a “hot mic” moment before a remote meeting.
Lisa Brizendine, president of the Oakley Union Elementary School District board near San Francisco, resigned Thursday, followed by trustees Kim Beede, Erica Ippolito and Richie Masadas on Friday, KTVU reported.
The resignations follow an outcry after trustees were heard before a Wednesday board meeting attacking parents for demanding that schools reopen, according to the station.
“They want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back,” Brizendine said, KGO reported.
Beede said a parent had attacked her on social media for attending a party while schools are shut down, The Mercury News reported.
“B—, if you call me out, I’m going to f— you up,” Beede said, according to the publication.
“My brother had a delivery service for medical marijuana,” Masadas said, The Mercury News reported. “The high clientele were the parents with their kids at school. When you have your kids at home, no more.”
Trustees were initially not aware their conversation had been broadcast over Zoom, angering parents viewing the board meeting, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.
“The school board forgot who it works for,” said Jonathan Zachreson, founder of Reopen California Schools, according to the publication. “It works for the parents and the children.”
“To hear that, it was appalling,” said parent Jennifer Cardinale, KGO reported.
An online petition calling for the board to resign collected 7,000 signatures.
“My remark was callous and uncalled for and for that I am truly sorry,” Brizendine said, noting that like other parents, trustees also have been under great stress, KTVU reported.
“I was frustrated and I apologize for that,” Beede said, KNTV reported. “I apologize (that) everybody had to hear that but again it was supposed to be a private conversation.”
In a joint statement, Beede, Masadas and Ippolito said they regret not providing a better example to students, KTVU reported.
The county Board of Education named two of its members to serve as interim trustees for the district until a new board can be chosen, The Mercury News reported.
The K-8 district in Contra Costa County has an enrollment of almost 5,200, according to the California Department of Education.
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Any teacher who doesn’t want to teach in a classroom is either a mindless coward, or a lazy democrap. But I repeat myself. We should probably be happy they are refusing to go back to work. At least they aren’t poisoning the minds of children.
Which is why part of me is GLAD SCHOOLS still are shut, as that means our kids are NOT getting brainwashed.
Bingo, The Silver Lining behind the COVID CLoud.
the education mafia in all its california glory.
Look at what communism has brought to California, totally corrupt bureaucrats. Ah, parents of the school children, this is what liberalism has brought you, corruption and indoctrination of your children, but I am sure, many of you parents are high on marijuana, so you do not have a clue what is going on in the real world, since you marijuana heads are delusional!
Most are stupid, without needing weed…
Teachers today have taken a bad attitude towards teaching. The unions need to be broken and gone. Tenure must be removed from the picture and teachers should be made responsible for what they teach. In Germany the money follows the student. So if the student is pulled away from a teacher or institution and enough of it occurs then the bad teachers and institutions will go to the way side. Need to make people and teachers understand that the constitution protects their government job and they do not need a union. End of story.
AND an even worse attitude to Parents AND their kids..
“…..it was supposed to be a private conversation.”
Drag yourself into the new epoch. There are no private conversations…..especially when there is a microphone in front of your face.
Now you know how President Donald Trump feels.
“B—, if you call me out, I’m going to f— you up,” Beede said. Now I know why the kids talk that way.
These days, the Teachers probably Learned to talk that way FROM THE Kids… Not the other way around.
“I was frustrated and I apologize for that,” Beede said, KNTV reported. “I apologize (that) everybody had to hear that but again it was supposed to be a private conversation.” First of all you’re only apologizing because you got caught. Secondly, if you can use what we say, we can do the same. How do YOU like it?
Remember.. Rules for thee but not for me…