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In a stunning reversal, a Pennsylvania judge has reinstated five Democrats to the West Chester School Board only three days after he ordered their removal in response to a petition from parents that they lacked authority to order forced masking within the school.
On Friday, Chester County Judge William Mahon vacated his order after arguments from their lawyer that the board members believed that they had more time to respond to the petition, saying that they were “duly elected” and that he did not want to “cripple the school district.”
While the board members, Sue Tiernan the board’s president along with directors Joyce Chester, Kate Shaw, Karen Herrmann, and Daryl Durnell, have survived for now based on the reversal of the “procedural matter” of not meeting the deadline, they could still be ousted based on the petition.
Mahon who removed the quintet of authoritarian Democrats because their attorney did not file a timely response to the petition said that Friday’s hearing was not related to the petition’s merits on the mask mandate.
The petition which was written by parents Beth Ann Rosica and Shannon Grady came after the school board decided to keep the mask mandate in place after the expiration of the COVID emergency order and after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared the mandates to be unconstitutional.
“I did not believe they had the legal authority to mask our children. I want to ensure they will never be forcibly masked again,” Rosica said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Attorney Kenneth Roos who is representing the board members apologized for missing the deadline. “It was not our intent to disrespect the court,” he said, according to a Patch report.
Judge Mahon remarked, “Ms. Rosica, who is not a lawyer, understood it clearly,” to Roos, “Unfortunately for you, you did not.”
“Everyone is entitled to due process of the law,” the judge said.
The hearing drew over one hundred people to the Chester County Justice Center including supporters of the Democrat board members.
“We are very grateful to Judge Mahon for allowing us to get back on the school board and continue our good work for the students of the district,” said Tiernan after the hearing.
“I would rather win this petition on its merits rather than on a technicality,” Rosica told news outlet WHYY.
Some see a nefarious intent in the petition.
“Brian Harris, a retired elementary school teacher in the district, said the lawsuit was really about some community members’ coup to take over the school board,” according to Patch.
Democrat PA State Rep. Dianne Herrin was pleased by the about-face on the board members.
“I am heartened by Judge Mahon’s ruling to vacate his March 29th order and retain these five WCASD school board members in office,” she said. “This procedural controversy aside, the petitioner never claimed, nor does she have any grounds for, removing these honorable, duly-elected elected officials from office.”
“These board members and the vast majority of parents in this school district remain committed to ensuring the best possible public education for all children in our community – and that means telling the truth about our nation’s history and exercising our basic civic duty to each other, especially during these trying times,” Herrin added.
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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.
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Was he a Liberal judge, or did he get threatened by the demonic Communists in charge.
SO their LAWYER FAILED to do HIS JOB?? What kind of punishment will the JUDGE put on the slacker?? Sounds like he wasn’t very thrilled with his failure so DO SOMETHING!! As far as them “forming a coup to take over the school board”?? It appears that removing degenerates is ALLOWED if DONE PER THE RULES AND LAWS!!
Pennsylvanian is corrupt with communism and has been for decades
Judge’s family members were likely threatened.
Hmmm….”Telling the truth about our nation’s history “? Sounds like the lies of CRT to me.
That didn’t take long. We all knew it would happen. When did ignorance of the LAW become legal? I wonder how much money was passed to this so called judge to change his verdict. FOLLOW THE MONEY!
george soros’ brown shirts got to him. his family and friends have been threatened. that is how totalitarians do it if you dont cooperate.
Did somebody get a fat deposit into their bank acct. from Georgie Boy?
Another weak kneed Judge! Those board members weren’t doing their jobs and they should be displaced. Coward!
BTW, I tried to see if he were appointed, and it appears he was elected. People need to be more educated about their voting, IMO. The school board seems to be running the judge’s office.
What does the mask mandate have to do with the comments about CRT? Sounds like a bunch of leftist garbage to keep the radicals on the board.
Most schools have gone to pot due to these lefty woke people, (not all), but most teachers, school boards, city councils, even Superintendents, NSBA, and teacher’s unions need to go! They have lost their morals and their souls. Who wants to worry every day when you send your children to school, not knowing whether they are being indoctrinated or they are losing their innocent childhood. That is not what teachers and all these groups are supposed to do. They are useless!
What’s there to defend. They are dictators who have used their elected positions to dictate policies that have nothing to do with the functions of the School. They are political hacks and therefore should leave their positions and get into politics, not using politics against our nations children.
“Get into politics”? You have got to be kidding!! Aren’t there already enough of their kind in politics?