Are Martin County residents witnessing the return of civility at School Board meetings?
By Rich Campbell Published Thursday, January 7, 2010 It won’t be “business as usual” for the Martin County School Board in 2010. School Board chair Lorie Shekailo made this clear at the start of Monday’s meeting. Martin County taxpayers should be encouraged by this pleasant, surprising turn of events. For the record, “business as usual” in 2009 meant a steady stream of public speakers railing against Schools Superintendent Nancy Kline and other district employees. The criticisms often veered away from professional issues to personal attacks. This verbal deluge continued meeting after meeting. However, despite the hostility and inappropriateness of many of the speakers’ remarks, Shekailo never challenged them to redirect their comments to school-related issues. Kline raised the issue in an Aug. 3 e-mail to Shekailo. “I am writing to express my perception of a lack of application of the statutes, policies and bylaws currently in place to prevent disorder and maintain civility during the
