Leaders of the Utah State Board of Education took the “unprecedented” step of reprimanding board member Natalie Cline for social media posts that they said “incited hate speech” and resulted in Davis School District hiring additional security to patrol the Layton High School campus “to discourage potential violence.”
“This happened because of your post,” the letter states.
The letter, obtained by the Deseret News under a request through the Government Records Access Management Act, notes that in the eight months since Cline was sworn in as a member of the elected school board that she has “engendered controversy, frustration and anger toward the board, certain schools, certain educators and certain student populations with statements you have posted on your social media regarding our LGBTQIA+ community.”
The post injured not only the LGBTQIA+ community but also the board, the letter states.
“That is why we have taken this unprecedented action of sending you a letter of reprimand. We hope that in the future you would be more circumspect and mindful of all of Utah’s students when posting about sensitive issues,” the letter states.
Cline responded to an email from the Deseret News asking for clarification on the vote but did not comment further.
The letter, dated Aug. 24, is signed by State School Board Chairman Mark Huntsman and Vice Chairwomen Laura Belnap and Cindy Davis.
On Thursday, 12 board members voted to affirm the board leaders’ decision to issue a letter of...
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