The letter said some people felt intimidated during the May 9 meeting, where LGBTQ rights were on the agenda.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Some Virginia Beach School Board members wrote a letter to the community over the weekend that said intimidating and disrespectful behavior is not acceptable at meetings.
The letter claims some people felt intimidated during the May 9 meeting, where LGBTQ rights were on the agenda.
About 111 people spoke at that meeting. While some Virginia Beach School Board members said several speakers crossed certain lines of etiquette, they said one speaker, in particular, crossed many.
Those board members did not name the woman, but she talked with 13News Now on Monday afternoon and said she didn’t intimidate anyone.
Specifically, the letter references a comment the speaker made about requesting public information from the school board:
“At the May 9th, 2023 School Board meeting, a public speaker gave a speech that has been viewed as attempting to threaten and intimidate members of the Virginia Beach community. The speaker stated that she had made a FOIA request for messages sent by the public to the Board related to the topic of a proposed resolution that addressed Governor Youngkin’s 2022 proposed Model Policies on Transgender Students. She stated that people have made their comments a “public record for the world to see including but not limited to their employers.” Members of the public have reached out to each of us to express concerns of feeling...
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