Burlington School Board Member Goes Head Over Heels for Levity

The Burlington School Board meeting Tuesday night took unusual turns —literally. Board member Miriam Stoll got up from her seat and turned a cartwheel — a pretty good one, too.

The gymnastics move was Stoll’s attempt to dispel tension after a heated public comment session. During it, Burlington High School freshman Kolby LaMarche suggested to the board that he was being persecuted at school for backing Donald Trump.

“As a student who has been harassed for supporting president-elect Donald J. Trump, I blame in part the teachings of schools for their actions of their students,” LaMarche said to the board.

He said school teachings “have been shown to provoke students to be bigoted and violent to any who oppose them” and added: “As a student of Burlington school district I am asking for a new look into what students are being taught.”

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