PARMA, Ohio (WJW) — The deployment of school board member Ashley McTaggart, an Air Force veteran and active reservist, was the focus of a board meeting on Thursday with her counterparts trying to determine if she can legally attend the board meetings virtually or if her position on the board can be declared vacant.
During a special meeting on Thursday, McTaggart was already travelling in preparation for a deployment, details of which she is not entitled to share for operational security.
During the meeting, at which members of the public were not entitled to comment, board members consulted with their legal counsel to discuss whether or not any board member who could not make meetings was able to attend virtually.
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While on a deployment last April, McTaggart was permitted to do that but David Rose, the board’s attorney, told them on Thursday that Ohio law no longer permits it and there are apparently no exceptions for deployed service members…