The Nelson County Board of Education spent nearly 5 1/2 hours in executive committee meeting Monday.
BARDSTOWN, Ky. — The Nelson County Board of Education held a lengthy special meeting Monday to discuss pending litigation and the superintendent's performance.
The meeting agenda indicates that the board discussed “proposed or pending litigation,” but it is unclear what this means. The board also began discussing Superintendent Wes Bradley's “overall evaluation and performance,” as well as “discussions that may lead to individual staff promotion, discipline, or other personnel actions.” .
Mr. Bradley and the district attorney who resigned are the only employees employed by the district's school board.
Board members spent nearly 5 1/2 hours in the board meeting, then returned because no action had been taken and adjourned for the day.
Dozens of community members showed up at the start of the meeting, concerned that Mr. Bradley would be fired after the special meeting. A similar incident occurred earlier this year, prompting District 3 board member Tracy Bowling to warn residents that the superintendent's firing was likely imminent.
Rebecca Hutchins, a junior at Thomas Nelson High School, showed up because she believes the meeting, which began at 10 a.m., is “unfair to educators, students and parents.”
“The truth is, I'm here today to keep Wes Bradley as superintendent,” she said, adding that Bradley's vision led her to move her son from a private school to a public school district. he added.
Many Nelson County parents have been at odds with the school board for months following a controversial vote to combine the county's middle and high schools. Last September, parents in the school district filed a lawsuit against the board.
During a tense meeting on Feb. 8, Boling said the root of the community's dissatisfaction was a lack of communication from the board.
“We could have this conversation here all day long, but [the parents] I want us to have that too. That’s where the frustration lies,” she said. “If we're going to make decisions that affect families and we're not going to have them at the table, it's always better to be prepared.”
The meeting ended abruptly after jeers from the audience and infighting between officers.
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