{"id":9524,"date":"2022-05-04T13:45:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T19:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parkrag.com\/?p=9524"},"modified":"2022-05-04T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T19:45:48","slug":"is-this-the-type-of-behavior-we-want-from-a-member-of-the-park-city-school-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/04\/is-this-the-type-of-behavior-we-want-from-a-member-of-the-park-city-school-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the type of behavior we want from a member of the Park City school board?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Tuesday KPCW published an article titled “Candidates decry opponent’s appointment to Park City school board.<\/a>” One of those candidates was me, Josh Mann. I, along with Meredith Reed and Mandy Pomeroy, are running for Park City School Board. Ms. Reed and I felt appointing one of the three of us to the board, didn’t serve the democratic process. Ms. Pomeroy disagreed and applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have no problem with Ms. Pomeroy choosing another path; however, how she has conducted herself brings up larger questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Pomeroy could have respectfully disagreed and stated why she felt it was important to apply. Instead, she chose to attack Ms. Reed and me and color our opinion as uninformed and uneducated. In a Park Record editorial<\/a> she attempted to explain how a bill becomes a law<\/a>, that because the state legislature has a code it guarantees a democratic process, and that we should just do a “quick Google search.” In truth, she completely missed the point. She didn’t listen, she didn’t ask questions, and she didn’t understand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, In KPCW’s article<\/a>, Ms. Pomeroy says “the decision by Reed and Mann not to apply for the interim appointment ‘speaks volumes about how they truly feel about their qualifications for the position.’ Ms. Pomeroy doesn’t know me. She doesn’t know my background. I don’t believe we have ever met. Yet, she knows<\/em><\/strong> how I feel about my own “lack” of qualifications. Yes, for you who are reading, she also likely knows how you feel about almost everything, as well. That said, her criticism does offer me a chance to talk about my qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s start with the high-level duties of the school board per school district policy 2005<\/a>. These are the things our school board should be doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n