YORK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — Numerous past comments from York County School Board Vice Chair Kimberly Goodwin conflict with statements she made last week in response to an outpouring of concerns from the community.
Goodwin said at a Feb. 26 school board meeting that she doesn’t “condone slavery or anything that would even resemble it,” that she doesn’t “believe there is mass indoctrination happening in our school division,” and that “she’s as far-right as the Constitution.”
Goodwin, a mental health counselor and former school counselor, is part of a three-member, far-right contingent (Goodwin, Board Chair Lynda Fairman, and board member Zoran Pajevic) elected this past November in York County. The group, which has a 3-2 majority on the board, has faced a “tsunami of discontent” since taking office.
Students, school staff, community members and the two school members in the minority have spoken out , saying the new majority’s “toxic” behavior could lead to an “exodus” of district employees.