Parent removed after shouting match with board member at Shenandoah school board meeting

MIDDLETOWN, Ind. (WISH) — Before the Shenandoah schoolhouse committee gathering adjacent started Monday, a radical of parents and astatine slightest 1 committee subordinate got into a heated statement astir the schoolhouse district’s disguise mandate — but erstwhile the gathering started, tempers flared. 

Mary Cantu told I-Team 8 that she pulled her youngest kid retired of the schoolhouse territory earlier this year.  

“We have a close to beryllium heard. They wholly dismissed everything we had to say,” said Cantu. 

All students attending Shenandoah schools are required to deterioration a disguise portion wrong the buildings, and the schoolhouse committee besides requires anyone attending their meetings to deterioration a mask. Those who refused to comply were escorted from the gathering — but not earlier a large woody of shouting. 

“They say you person to deterioration your disguise to enter, and instantly radical got irate implicit it. They knew that was going to hap — the radical that didn’t deterioration a disguise didn’t go in,” said Brooke Greer.

The committee besides requires anyone wishing to code the committee to motion up earlier the meeting. Brooke Greer and her husband, Jason Greer, signed up good successful beforehand to talk astir the mandate. Jason Greer gave a elaborate presentation.

“He is determination to enactment wherefore the masks are hindering our children,” said Brooke Greer.

His presumption was interrupted more than erstwhile by schoolhouse committee members. Brooke Greer told I-Team 8 that her hubby and 1 of the committee members had verbally tangled astatine a erstwhile meeting.  

“Tension was precocious earlier we adjacent walked in there,” said Brooke Greer.

Once Jason Greer finished, the statement betwixt helium and astatine slightest 1 committee member continued. As his woman was preparing to speak, the emotions of the gathering erupted and Jason Greer called 1 of the committee members an idiot.  

“Jason said, ‘You are not adjacent listening to me.’ And helium was like, ‘I don’t person to perceive to you — you’re not making immoderate sense.’ So Jason called him an idiot and past helium went ballistic — helium was climbing crossed the array cussing at him,” said Brooke Greer.

Jason Greer was escorted from the meeting, portion the committee member, Alan Troxell, remained. 

The superintendent of Shenandoah schools sent I-Team 8 a statement.