Kimble's claim to prevent discussion wrong, Youngstown board member learns

YOUNGSTOWN

Contrary to what the city school board president told a fellow member, there is no specific city school board policy that limits what board members can discuss during regular meetings.

A disagreement erupted at Tuesday’s regular meeting when Jackie Adair, a school board member, delivered a report from the board’s policy committee which she leads.

Adair’s report came during the board committee reports section of the meeting.

Brenda Kimble, school board president, chided Adair when Adair started to talk about an incident that she considered a violation of the district’s anti-bullying policy. Kimble said committee reports are supposed to address policies that are under board review.

She also said that if Adair wanted to talk about a particular incident she would need to move to amend the agenda and the board would have to vote to approve that change.

A review of board policies found no such prohibition.

“She continually comes up with her own rationale for why I can’t say what I want to say,” Adair said. “There’s no policy. Name the policy.”

Kimble didn’t return calls to The Vindicator.

Read more about the ongoing board dissension in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.