Kimble, her son, 2 others appeal court ruling on Kimble's appointment; Hunter blasts decision

YOUNGSTOWN

The sharply divided Youngstown Board of Education voted 4-3 today to support an appeal of a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge’s decision that ordered board President Brenda Kimble to appoint an active classroom teacher to the academic distress commission.

Kimble’s appeal of Judge Lou A. D’Apolito’s order is before the 7th District Court of Appeals.

Judge D’Apolito voided Kimble’s appointment of Carol Staten, a school principal who is a distant cousin of Kimble’s, to the commission.

Board members voting in favor of the resolution of support were Kimble; her son, Ronald Shadd; Jerome Williams and Michael Murphy.

Voting no were Jackie Adair, Dario Hunter and Corrine Sanderson.

After about a half-hour in executive session, the board spent only two minutes in public session, during which it voted on the resolution.

The only board member to articulate an opinion concerning the resolution during the board’s public session was Hunter, who delivered a scathing attack against it.

Read what he said in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.