New York’s top education official denied Twiggy Billue’s effort to remain on the Syracuse school board while the state decides whether she was wrongfully removed.
The school board voted unanimously in January to remove Billue for violating the district’s visitor and ethics policies. Billue’s lawyers appealed that removal with the state. They asked the education commissioner to let Billue keep her seat while weighing the appeal.
On March 13, state Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa denied Billue’s request to temporarily remain on the board. Billue’s lawyer, Lanessa Owens-Chaplin of the New York Civil Liberties Union, shared a letter detailing the commissioner’s decision with syracuse.com…