I am responsible and accountable and I am truly sorry for what took place. I will not make excuses for what happened or why it happened. “I know that we lost trust with the community. “The comments made were not in alignment with our Vision and are definitely not what any of us stand for as leaders,” he continued. “These comments are not typical and more importantly they are not what the community should expect from our school district.” “Last night at the Oakley Union Elementary School District Regular Board Meeting there were unfortunate and truly inappropriate comments made that were heard by many,” Hetrick said in the statement cited by the NBC News Bay Area. The Oakley Union Elementary School District - which serves about 5000 students, according to its website - has been conducting remote learning since last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We were having a private conversation because we were really struggling at that moment with all the Board comments coming in because we want what’s best for the kids so badly,” she said.

“As trustees, we realise it is our responsibility to model the conduct that we expect of our students and staff, and it is our obligation to build confidence in District leadership our comments failed you in both regards, and for this we offer our sincerest apology.”īrezendine, who resigned her position late Thursday, apologised for her statements. “We deeply regret the comments that were made in the meeting of the Board of Education earlier this week,” their statement said.

Superintendent Greg Hetrick announced the resignations Friday in a letter sent to the district’s families, which included a statement from the newly-resigned board members, saying they were stepping down to “help facilitate the healing process.” “We have the meeting open to the public right now.” “Uh-oh,” said Beede, when she realised their meeting was open to the public. Superintendent Greg Hetrick touted a new technology in a fellow district that curtailed public comments at exactly three minutes’ time, after which others chimed in that “we need that” and “good idea.” The moment they realised “My brother had a delivery service for medical marijuana and his clientele were parents with their kids at school,” trustee Richie Masadas said. She added, “It’s very unfortunate that they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back.”ĭuring the video conference, board member Richie Masadas suggested some parents wanted their kids back in school so they could smoke marijuana in their homes. Then-board president Lisa Brizendine chimed in, saying, parents “forget that there’s real people on the other side of those letters that they’re writing.” Kim Beede and other members of the Oakley Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees apparently believed they were speaking privately in the moments before the meeting started. “Sorry, that’s just me!” Beede said as other board members chuckled.

California school board mocks parents