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School officials meet with F&M Bank CEO and Black Leadership Council representatives
The president of F&M Bank and Trust met Wednesday with school officials and representatives of the Burlington Black Leadership Council to discuss how to resolve damage done by a vice president s words.
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Burlington School Board members serving on a joint committee met Wednesday with the president of Farmers and Merchants Bank and Trust to learn what progress the bank has made in mending relations with minority communities.
The committee, made up of members of the district s business and community relations committees, was established in November in response to a social media comment posted by Lisa Walsh, a vice president of F&M Bank, that targeted then-vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris and was perceived by many as racist and sexist.