Dozens of community members reached out to the Saucon Valley School Board after a member suggested establishing a Charlie Kirk Recognition Day, but a working group formed to consider the idea failed to reach a strong enough consensus to take action.<\/p>\n
The idea, raised during board comments on Sept. 23, never gained enough support to become a formal agenda item, but board members said they appreciated the public engagement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was a good idea to have the working group, for sure,\u201d said board member Bill Broun, who was a member of the group.<\/p>\n
The board received \u201cquite a few incredible letters from our public\u201d regarding the proposed recognition day, Broun said, adding that he admires the \u201cintelligence and sensitivity of the people in our community\u201d who shared their perspective.<\/p>\n
Board member Donald Carpenter said he received 30 to 40 emails \u2014 enough that he struggled to maintain his standard policy of responding to all emails from the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cEngagement is important,\u201d Carpenter said, \u201cand it\u2019s a needed part of our democratic process.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carpenter said standard operating procedure for the board is to only consider agenda items that receive support from district administration or at least three board members and noted that the remembrance day suggestion never met that threshold.<\/p>\n
Board member John Conte suggested that the district consider establishing a Charlie Kirk Recognition Day at the Sept. 23 board meeting<\/a>, saying: \u201cI think it\u2019d be a good reminder for the students of what he meant to the country and to our political system.\u201d<\/p>\n