DENVER (KDVR) — Outgoing board members for Denver Public Faculties held their remaining assembly Thursday evening, and there was some severe rigidity.
It was an opportunity to place a bookend on their time governing the most important college district in Colorado, nevertheless it was not with out controversy.
This was a gathering attended by associates or household of the outgoing board members, however a gaggle of fogeys who voted them out, couldn’t get into the primary room.
“Each two years, we do a celebration to honor those that are leaving,” mentioned Auon’tai Anderson, outgoing board member at giant.
He and different outgoing board members have been met by household and associates.
“We have been planning on sitting very peacefully within the again for the final board assembly of this board, and we have been barred from coming in,” DPS mum or dad Heather Lamm mentioned.
Board members additionally have been met by Lamm and a gaggle of disgruntled dad and mom. Lamm and the group she is with referred to as on a number of board members to resign their positions final time period earlier than a number of have been voted out earlier this month.
“We needed to pre-submit lists and names of parents that have been going to return and be part of us in celebrating,” Anderson mentioned.
It was for that motive some people weren’t allowed contained in the board chambers throughout the assembly.
Lamm and her group mentioned they solely had essentially the most noble intentions attending the board assembly.
“We have been going to hear,” Lamm mentioned. “We wish to be told residents, we wish to be current, and we have been going to take a seat right here and hear sporting our T-shirts that categorical our frustration with this total board.”
“As an alternative, they selected to interact in berating our employees and calling the supporters of those that are strolling, who occurred to be Black girls, cronies,” Anderson mentioned.
There have been some reported exchanges within the foyer of DPS headquarters and a number of other armed officers as nicely.
“We got here right down to train what’s our proper as dad and mom to take part within the board of administrators conferences, and we weren’t allowed in,” Lamm mentioned.
Anderson mentioned the group was provided seats within the overflow, which they declined. FOX31 noticed open seats in the primary corridor.
“That is an establishment the place we welcome diverging opinions, however we advised them, simply as we did with different people, that they needed to go upstairs, wait, and if there have been seats that opened up, we’ll allow you to down. We did that,” Anderson mentioned.
It was one final board assembly for Anderson and different members to supply parting phrases. In the meantime, one group of fogeys had parting phrases of their very own.
“Goodbye, and good riddance,” Lamm mentioned.
The latest board members will likely be sworn in on Nov. 28.
