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Hillsborough School Board Fails Team Training

Posted Aug 28, 2007 by Marilyn Brown, Education Reporter

Updated Aug 28, 2007 at 12:25 PM

School board members together for a workshop on how to get along, didn’t quite get it.

In the midst of a discussion on how school board meetings are run, veteran school board member Carol Kurdell pointed out that April Griffin had shut her folder and sat back, saying the first-year board member was disengaging from this meeting and board meetings.

“Let’s deal with this,” Kurdell said.

Griffin disagreed, saying she doesn’t disengage from school board meetings.

After some more back and forth among school board members, Jennifer Faliero suggested to Griffin: “Resign.”

Griffin shot back: “I need to resign? I’m not doing this.”

After more exchanges, Griffin left, slamming the door.

All this happened less than an hour into the meeting called “creating a vision for your district.”

They’ve now gone back into the training, without Griffin present, to talk about the one goal they want to achieve for the district in the next year.

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