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LEE COUNTY, Fla. — There's a call for a Lee County School Board member to resign after a majority vote to censure a board member in the middle of a whistleblower investigation.
In a board meeting on Tuesday night, five of the seven board members went on the record to say they disapproved of something board member Chris Patricca did.
School board member Melisa Giovannelli confirms that a school board employee filed a whistleblower complaint against Patricca on Monday. What was filed in the complaint is still a mystery.
"I think we need to address the complaint that was given to us," Giovannelli said during Tuesday night's meeting.
Giovannelli put forward a motion to launch an investigation into the whistleblower complaint.
In a one-on-one interview with Fox 4's Kaitlin Knapp, Giovannelli gave some context of what's in the complaint.
"It actually stems back from a while ago, so I’m trying to understand it myself truthfully," she said.
She did say the board employee filed the complaint under whistleblower status. Under Florida law, it means the employee is protected from retaliation. Giovannelli says the censure is for protection.
"This is about an employee that needs to feel safe and to be able to just work and so I take it very seriously," she explained.
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