Having mask mandates in some local school districts may offer a level of protection for students and staff but fails to shield Scottsdale school administrators from public fury aimed at them.
A Scottsdale Unified School District governing board meeting on Aug. 24 at Coronado High School had a contentious crowd outside and about 45 people scheduled to speak to board members during a nearly two-hour public comments section, which featured a national conservative activist taking issue with the district as well as had the board president swearing, then apologizing before it was all over with.
“The speaker accused an innocent employee of distributing neo-Nazi propaganda at one of our schools. Despite being corrected, the speaker continued to repeat this lie. In reality, an individual who lives in Mesa committed these acts and has no relation to our district,” SUSD Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg said in response to the Independent’s request for comment on Monday, Aug. 30. “I take our employees’ reputations, jobs, and innocence very seriously.”
