School Board Member Resigns Following Profane Comment During Meeting

A Mount Ascutney School District board member has resigned following swearing during a video meeting, reports WCAX.

According to the report, board member Beth Carter forgot to mute her microphone during the video meeting last week, and she was captured using the F-word in reference to the district’s teachers. At the time, more than 70 people were streaming the discussion on schools re-opening.

Catherine Engwall, president of the teachers’ union and teacher at Windsor High School remarked, “Nobody likes to hear comments like that.”

The Valley News reported that Carter apologized for “inappropriately expressing frustration on the data regarding school opening from teachers’ perspective.”