Ethics Commission Chastises Charter School TrusteesReprimands for not meeting training requirements based at least in part on miscommunications
The School Ethics Commission’s annual review of local school board members to see if they've met their required training usually doesn't draw much notice. Typically, it's just a handful of reprimands for the tardy or recalcitrant.
But the release of the decisions from the commission’s November meeting drew a little more attention. There were considerably more reprimands, with the vast majority this year against charter school trustees.
In fact, 15 of the 19 rulings issued overall were to those serving on charter school boards, including four whom the commission recommended be suspended or removed if not meeting the requirements by January.
A Slap on the Wrist
The rest were official reprimands after the trustees eventually met the requirements, little more than