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School board grapples with leaked recording

At the Gloucester School Board meeting Tuesday night, a video that board member Darren Post posted on his Facebook page the previous Friday was at the forefront, resulting in both public outrage against and support of the video as well as board action to remove Post from his committee assignments.

The video contained an audio recording featuring three current board members, as well as some previous board members, purportedly from the Dec. 14, 2021 closed meeting. It also included a snippet of a conversation that Post and board chair Troy Andersen allegedly had June 23 of this year.

Amanda Armstrong of the York district spoke first during public comment at the meeting that was held in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium.

She expressed her concerns with the board, including not only board members speaking disrespectfully to Post, but also members addressing one another disrespectfully on a public forum (i.e., Facebook).

“I hope that all of you will try to find a way ...

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