Longtime Broward schools volunteer removed over bullying accusation

A longtime volunteer and frequent critic of the Broward School District has been removed from her membership on three district committees after district officials say she bullied a police officer.

Nathalie Lynch-Walsh, a Plantation parent, has served in various leadership positions on district committees for the past 13 years. This past year, she was chairwoman of the Audit Committee and District Advisory Council and corresponding secretary for the Facilities Task Force.

But Superintendent Howard Hepburn sent a letter to Lynch-Walsh on Friday evening saying he was removing her from all those committees due to violations of the district’s bullying and civility policies. The action is the result of a bullying complaint filed by district Police Detective John Mastrianni, whom Lynch-Walsh had criticized related to his arrest of another volunteer…

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