\nTonight I went to the VBOE meeting and delivered the offical NAACP letter\n\n<\/a>\nstating our branch’s opposition to consolidation. I asked Chairman Warren\nLee if he would discuss with VBOE attorney Gary Moser and let me know\nwhether they are “allowed” to take a position on this. The reason I\nasked this is because one of my friends says that Dr. Cason told her\nthat “they are not allowed” to take a position on this. To my mind,\nemployees might not be able to take a position, but elected officials\nrepresenting voters ought to clearly state their position on an issue\nas important as school consolidation.\n
\nAfter the meeting was over\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n
\n(it was a short meeting) I spoke to Board\n\n<\/a>\nmember Vanessa Flucas and she refused to commit to a position, she\nbrushed me off and told me to speak to Chairman Lee. I asked Chairman Lee\ndirectly and he said he would discuss with\n\nGary Moser, the VBOE attorney,<\/a>\nand get back to me.\n
\nThen I asked Chairman Lee if the VBOE would please hold public\nmeetings so they could hear from their parents what they thought about\nconsolidation. He said something to the effect of he did not think that\nwas appropriate because the parents had already elected him and the Board\nto represent them. ????? I hope I misunderstood. I told him that I had\nheard that some Board members were elected with intention to support\nconsolidation but that I hadn’t heard anything about that from any of\nthem when they were running. He said he didn’t know anything about that.\n
\nI’ll let LAKE know if the VBOE members ever take a public stand on\nschool consolidation.\n
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