School Board Pres. tells speaker to "Zip it"; settles lawsuit

BWLSD School Board

Ashley Ryder is my kind of parent.

When the Board President of the Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education (BWLDB) in Sunbury, Ohio, told her to "Zip it" during the public participation portion of a school board meeting, she didn't buy it.

She sued the District in an Ohio federal court in March. It didn't take long for the District to buckle and settle with her. 

Ryder disagreed that the school board could muzzle her during public participation. There's this little thing in the U.S. Constitution called the First Amendment. 

Read the article on LegalInsurrection.com

Could that happen right here in Richland 2? For how many years have we been told, "You can't say names" and "You can't complain about (employees, board members, administrators)?"

Ashley Ryder put her money where her mouth is. You go, Ashley!

Thanks to the reader and local friend who sent this to me.