Ohio's school boards quit national group over letter about threats, violence at board meetings

Ohio is among the first states to leave the national group over a letter that suggested threats against school board members might be "domestic terrorism".


The group that represents all but one of Ohio’s school boards has broken from a national school boards group over a letter that asked President Biden for federal help with concerning incidents at school board meetings.

A threat to a Worthington Schools board member and a protest at the Nordonia Hills board meeting, both over masks, were cited in the letter by the National School Boards Association.

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Ohio School Boards Association CEO Rick Lewis says his group wasn't consulted on and didn’t see the letter, which he says went too far.

“The call to federal law enforcement was certainly an overreach. In the end, our board felt the need to make a strong statement," said Lewis.

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