ATLANTA — People who speak at school board meetings in Forsyth County can swear at board members but must keep it smut-free.
That’s basically what a federal judge has ordered in a lawsuit brought by parents. One of them was banned from board meetings after she found passages from a school library book that she thought were offensive, then read them into the public record.
The temporary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story says Forsyth County Schools must stop enforcing some of its board meeting rules while the lawsuit continues. The rules identified in his order on Wednesday require respectfulness, prohibit directly addressing individual board members and bar using abusive remarks. The policy also asks speakers to keep remarks civil.
