The Newberg school board's virtual meeting Wednesday night was nothing short of tense. It is really no surprise. Board members have been butting heads for weeks.
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Last month the board voted to ban Pride and Black Lives Matter flags in district facilities, and they voted to ban staff from wearing Pride and BLM attire while at work.
On Wednesday night, the board was expected to walk back that ban during a special meeting and refer it to the policy committee for policy development.
"My concerns are around the legal ramifications," school board director Brandy Penner said. "Our policies are based on law and this will be, to my current understanding, illegal."
Director Penner wanted to rescind the ban altogether without giving the policy committee a chance to rework it. Director Brian Shannon saw things differently.
"I think that the motion is enforceable if certain parties want to enforce it," Shannon said.
Director Shannon, along with directors Dave Brown, Renee Powell and Trevor DeHart — a 4-7 majority — voted to table the discussion for another day.
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