Wet Mountain Tribune: On Tuesday, Board President Reggie Foster sent an email to all of the staff members in the Custer County School that she and Board Director Cameron Fore wanted to make an announcement to the school staff at 4:15 in the Library, “In keeping with the Board’s commitment to transparency, I will be sharing a brief update.” Many confused staff members forwarded the email to the Tribune.

During the meeting, Foster announced that she and the Board had decided to place Superintendent Thom Peck and High School Principal Aundrea McCormick on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Board. What was not transparent about the announcement was that the statement was a confession from the Board President that the Board had already decided to take this action outside of a public meeting, which would be a violation of the Colorado open meetings law. This would be the second time in the past two months that the Board has made such decisions in secret, likely breaking the Colorado open meetings law in its efforts to terminate the contract of Superintendent Thom Peck (The Tribune investigated this issue in February).

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