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Newport-Mesa Board of Education: Not Getting the Message

At the NMUSD School Board meeting, the advocates of Term Limits for the board were cut to 2 minutes each. We gave them a chance...

There are seven trustees on the Newport Mesa Board of Education and each serves a 4 year term. They represent seven zones and are chosen "at large".

Currently, there are no term limits in place and the trustees have a combined 97 years of service:•

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Judy Franco: 37 years.•

Martha Fluor: 25 years. •

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Dana Black: 20 years. •

Karen Yelsey: 10 years. •

Walt Davenport: 10 years. •

Vicki Snell: 3 years•

Charlene Metoyer: 2 years

At a board meeting held on June 13, 2017, the "term limit" speakers were reduced to only two minutes by the board. On June 22nd, seven of those speakers met and were given the time to say what they were prevented from saying at the board meeting.

Watch this video to learn what they did not have time to say.A video of the full board meeting can be found:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B970...

NMUSD Website: http://web.nmusd.us/

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