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| Minnesota school board forces parents to say their address in order to speak, bans criticism of officials |
| 2021-10-29 |
| [BIZPACREVIEW] The Mankato, Minnesota school board is outrageously requiring parents to doxx themselves by stating their home address before they can speak at a meeting and they have, in essence, banned all criticism of school board officials as well.The chair of the board for Mankato Area Public Schools Jodi Sapp made the new rules crystal clear before calling on parents at an Oct. 18 forum. Parents were told they could speak for three minutes only if they gave their name and full address. They were also advised that they were prohibited from addressing individual school board members. "I just want to remind everybody this is a business meeting of the school board, it is not a meeting that belongs to the public," she began. "Before the open forum, I would like to review a couple of things," Sapp stated. "Each speaker is asked to state his or her name and address for the record. Failure to do so will result in an individual not being allowed to speak." Alpha News first reported the new rules which were put in place following "behavior by some of the members of the public" that Sapp deemed "unacceptable." "Effective tonight, open forum participants are prohibited from calling out or addressing any individual school board or school district staff member. If this occurs, open forum will be closed," Sapp noted before the public forum segment began. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 ^ It can be done. If you can't run yourself, ask around for other parents who can and give them all the support you can. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-10-29 12:21 |
| #7 Don't bother trying to speak to these idiots. You will not change their minds. Run for their seats on the board. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-10-29 12:16 |
| #6 Just stand outside the meeting handing out a piece of paper with all the information on the school board members. Use their address or some other apparatchik's. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-10-29 10:47 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-10-29 10:26 |
| #4 Lawyer up, seriously. Sometimes you have to spend money on the things you care about. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2021-10-29 10:15 |
#3  |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-10-29 10:14 |
| #2 Just stand outside the meeting handing out a piece of paper with all the information on the school board members. BTW, those who pay taxes that support the operation of the schools get no say? Time to defund the schools. Vouchers for parents. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-10-29 07:54 |
| #1 What happens when a "small town democracy" becomes a bureaucracy so corrupt that there is no mutual trust? The requirement that a citizen addressing the meeting, which has a schedule and limited time for speakers, be a citizen of that area seems just and prudent. Would you like a bus load of 'activists' to indulge in a "out-of-towner filibuster" at your meeting? It was different when everybody knew everybody and strangers were shown the door. But in the current climate the school boards seems to be composed of transplanted "out-of-towner activists' and trust is dead... Sad, truly sad. |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-10-29 03:03 |