Salt Lake City (ABC4) — Utah State Board of Education On Wednesday night, he voted to formally request Natalie Klein's resignation.
The vote was unanimous except for Klein, who did not attend the meeting.
Natalie Klein sparked controversy last week after sharing a post promoting a Granite School District high school basketball game. The post seemed to question whether one of the team members was transgender, which opened the floodgates for transphobic comments. Many of the comments expressed concerns about student safety.
Klein deleted the original post shortly after. I posted a follow-upapologized to high school athletes and their families.
Despite the apology, some Member of Parliament In addition to both sides of the aisle, Board of education and advocacy groupasked Klein to resign following the post.
The school board does not have the authority to remove Mr. Klein, but he faces disciplinary action, including removal from standing board committees, banning him from being on the board's agenda, and banning him from attending board advisory committee meetings. there is a possibility.
At Wednesday's meeting, board member Christina Boggess said she considered each side of the issue “with a heavy conscience.”
“After considering all the evidence, we need to understand that the crux of the matter is that a line has been crossed here,” Boggess said.
Board member Cindy Bishop Davis agreed, saying an injustice was done to one student, his family, and possibly other students. She asked, “When will it stop?” Because what's happening right now is dividing our communities. ”
Participants at the conference agreed that there was too much hostility, shame, fear and division.
