Parents Call for California School Board President to Step Down After Hot Mic Incident

Demonstrators stitchery successful beforehand of Los Alamitos Unified School District Headquarters successful protestation of captious contention mentation teachings successful Los Alamitos, Calif., connected May 11, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)

After a California school board president was caught swearing connected camera towards a genitor providing nationalist remark astatine an Oct. 26 committee meeting, parents are calling for her resignation.

Marlys Davidson, president of the Los Alamitos Unified School District (LAUSD), was heard cursing astatine parent Lauren Roupoli aft speaking out, during nationalist comment, against the K-12 vaccine and mask mandate.

Following the incident, Davidson issued an apology regarding her comments during Tuesday night’s meeting.

“I reaffirm my committedness to service our assemblage with dignity and integrity, and I anticipation they volition judge my sincere apology,” Davidson said successful a connection to KTLA.

While Davidson was not heard by the assemblage wrong the committee meeting, those watching online heard the president utter the cuss words towards Roupoli.

“I didn’t perceive it erstwhile I was up determination due to the fact that she was wearing a mask,” Roupoli told The Epoch Times. “There was a circular of applause and you could perceive it connected the committee gathering unrecorded online due to the fact that she had the circular of applause muted.”

Upon realizing the incident, Roupoli was speechless and successful disbelief of the remark that occurred astatine 1 of her archetypal nationalist remark appearances.

“It conscionable shows the magnitude of respect she does person for these parents, and it’s bittersweet that it took the blistery mike to exposure that,” Roupoli said. “Some were saddened to conscionable spot the existent colors of however they truly consciousness astir the parents due to the fact that if it was the different mode around, I would person been labeled a home terrorist, and astir apt escorted out.”

Davidson was not instantly disposable for comment.