4/30/19 School Board Meeting - Part 1

There is so much to write about tonight's Richland 2 School Board meeting that I'll break it up into parts.

The most important announcement this evening was the resignation of Trustee Lindsay Agostini from her office as Secretary of the Board. She will continue as a Trustee on the School Board, but I wouldn't be surprised if she later decides to resign from the Board.

Earlier this month she was asked to sign some board documents related to the bonds of District Two. Apparently there was some language in the documents about Amelia McKie as Board Chair. In the Board member comments near the end of the meeting Mrs. Agostini mentioned the continuing uproar about McKie's indebtedness to the South Carolina Ethics Commission, which now stands at $51,850 and no payments on it by McKie.

I am not the only one complaining about McKie.

Mrs. Agostini also mentioned South Carolina Code of Laws §8-13-1110(A), which McKie violated on November 13, 2018, when she illegally took the oath of office. There is a huge question about the very real possibility that McKie is not even a legal member of the board.

Mrs. Agostini sought personal legal advice from her own attorney regarding personal liability for signing the board documents and, upon advice of her legal counsel, she decided against signing.

This is serious! Every board member should be investing in his own attorney's advice. Anything that McKie is touching will be tainted, should it eventually be determined that she did not legally join the board on November 13, 2018.

I thanked Mrs. Agostini for the fine job she has done and is doing on the board. She, along with one other board member, has the highest integrity on the board. She is often over-ruled (voted against) and disregarded when she raises important points during discussions. She's fighting a losing battle with the board, due to the current make-up of it.