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At Tuesday evening’s meeting, New Hanover County School Board members discussed creating a new district book review committee. The proposal would be in addition to existing board policies already outlining how a book can be challenged and potentially removed from the school system.
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Seven registered Democrats are petitioning for the removal of chair Andre Brown, first vice chair Victoria Garcia Velazco and second vice chair Susanne Werner as officers of the New Hanover County Democratic Party. Third vice chair Dorian Cromartie withdrew his signature in recent days. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands Williams)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY –– The secretary of the New Hanover County Democratic Party and two elected Democrat officials are petitioning for the removal of the party’s chair, first vice chair and second vice chair after a contentious meeting last month.
Filed in early July, the petition alleges chair Andre Brown, first vice chair Victoria Garcia Velazco and second vice chair Susanne Werner violated the party’s code of conduct, initiated a closed session for impermissible reasons, failed to publicize meetings and prevented fellow officers from carrying out their duties.
As parents push for more transparency from the New Hanover County Board of Education, a few believe their solution is a simple fix to bring community engagement and understanding.
Sandy Eyles said she’s hoping board members will bring up a discussion during the July meeting on beginning to release meeting agenda documents earlier. While board members should receive these documents five days before the scheduled meeting, per district policy, Eyles said she’s struggled to access the documents up until just hours before the meetings at times.
“As a community member, we desperately want transparency from our board,” Eyles said. “One way to do that is for us to have access to these materials, which are public record, in a reasonable amount of time so that if we have any questions, we can address them to the board before the meeting.”