Policy KE completely revamped, weakened; Holmes lies

At the March 22, 2022 board meeting Board Policy KE came up on the agenda as Item 8.3. On the livestream.com/richland2 recording the discussion begins at 1:50:50. It didn't take long for the discussion to dissolve into the chaos so familiar to all who have been attending and watching meetings for months.

As soon as the Chair called Item 8.3, Trustee Agostini asked to be recognized, and she was. (Holmes had not yet called for a motion.)

Trustee Agostini made a motion to continue Policy KE; that is, not to hold the discussion at that meeting.

As Trustee Agostini was reading her Motion, McKie butted in and began addressing the chair, asking the chair if she wanted the superintendent to explain Policy KE. This was TOTALLY OUT-OF-ORDER! 

First, McKie should not have interrupted Trustee Agostini. Robert's Rules of Order is very clear on that point. Secondly, McKie continued speaking without being recognized by the chair. Thirdly, McKie doesn't need to tell the chair how to run the meeting. (Somebody should, but not McKie.) Fourth, everyone there understood what KE is about and the superintendent's introduction was unnecessary. Fifth, McKie was just plain rude and unprofessional.

After the superintendent explained Item 8.3, Holmes asked for a motion to approve the revisions and recognized her buddy, Amelia McKie. McKie made a motion, and Holmes asked for a second.

BUT there was already a motion on the floor, started by Trustee Agostini before McKie so rudely butted in. I think it was Trustee Scott who tried to direct Holmes back to Trustee Agostini. Holmes made some reference to "she was out of line"; I think Holmes was referring to Agostini. WHAT?

This is where Holmes lost control and reverted to her autocratic, bullying tactics. Any progress made toward civility in a board meeting up until that point ended right there. Holmes again called for a Second, and McKie's sidekick, Caution-Parker, chimed in to second McKie's motion.

WAIT! What about Agostini's original motion???

Discussion was opened, and Manning was recognized. Manning finally addressed Agostini's start of a motion and said she should be allowed to continue. Then he said, "We're beyond that now", referring to McKie's motion which had been seconded. What he should have said was the McKie and Caution-Parker were wrong and that the correct motion on the floor was the one started by Agostini.

McKie's motion was out-of-order, because she had interrupted Agostini.

Then Holmes committed the unpardonable sin by saying that she didn't know what Agostini was going to say and couldn't hear what she was saying. That's because Holmes doesn't listen when Agostini begins speaking. Holmes should have shut down McKie, when McKie first opened her mouth, and Holmes should have asked Trustee Agostini to continue.

McKie said she was happy to defer, and Holmes did not accept that.

This Item 8.3 would be a great Case Study for how NOT to run a board meeting. It gets worse after this.

The Trustee Scott was recognized (1:53:27). She said that Holmes had called for a motion. Holmes actually had not called for a motion, because Agostini beat her to the punch, was recognized, and began reading her motion.

This thread will pick up with Trustee Scott's comment and Holmes' blatant lie. The lie? Holmes said she had not called for a motion (which is correct), but then she said she had called on the superintendent.

That's the lie. She had called on Trustee Agostini, who was interrupted by McKie and then Holmes called on the superintendent.

To be continued.