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   From: sflibertarian@sfchronicle.com   
      
   A California school board has resigned after comments bashing   
   parents aired in a “hot mic” moment before a remote meeting.   
      
   Lisa Brizendine, president of the Oakley Union Elementary School   
   District board near San Francisco, resigned Thursday, followed   
   by trustees Kim Beede, Erica Ippolito and Richie Masadas on   
   Friday, KTVU reported.   
      
   The resignations follow an outcry after trustees were heard   
   before a Wednesday board meeting attacking parents for demanding   
   that schools reopen, according to the station.   
      
   “They want to pick on us because they want their babysitters   
   back,” Brizendine said, KGO reported.   
      
   Beede said a parent had attacked her on social media for going   
   to a party while schools are shut down, The Mercury News   
   reported.   
      
   “B---, if you call me out, I’m going to f--- you up,” Beede   
   said, according to the publication.   
      
   “My brother had a delivery service for medical marijuana,”   
   Masadas said, The Mercury News reported. “The high clientele   
   were the parents with their kids at school. When you have your   
   kids at home, no more.”   
      
   Trustees were initially not aware their conversation had been   
   broadcast over Zoom, angering parents viewing the board meeting,   
   The San Francisco Chronicle reported.   
      
   “The school board forgot who it works for,” said Jonathan   
   Zachreson, founder of Reopen California Schools, according to   
   the publication. “It works for the parents and the children.”   
      
   “To hear that, it was appalling,” said parent Jennifer   
   Cardinale, KGO reported.   
      
   An online petition calling for the board to resign collected   
   7,000 signatures.   
      
   “My remark was callous and uncalled for and for that I am truly   
   sorry,” Brizendine said, noting that like other parents,   
   trustees also have been under great stress, KTVU reported.   
      
   “I was frustrated and I apologize for that,” Beede said, KNTV   
   reported. “I apologize (that) everybody had to hear that but   
   again it was supposed to be a private conversation.”   
      
   In a joint statement, Beede, Masadas and Ippolito said they   
   regret not providing a better example to students, KTVU reported.   
      
   The county Board of Education named two of its members to serve   
   as interim trustees for the district until a new board can be   
   chosen, The Mercury News reported.   
      
   The K-8 district in Contra Costa County has an enrollment of   
   almost 5,200, according to the California Department of   
   Education.   
      
   https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-   
   world/national/article249410255.html   
       
      
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