pkg: woodford county protest and petition

pkg: woodford county protest and petition

Schools says it's considering a code of conduct for school board members after one member's personal facebook posts sparked a protest.

The board member's defense?

Freedom of speech.

Abc 36's monica harkins has our coverage of the protest and the board meeting.

"chant: our kids matter."

A ple for woodford county school board member allison richardson to understand the gravity of her social media posts.

"cierra spaulding: and those comments are incredibly offensive to the different racial groups that make up our community."

Protest organizer and parent cierra spaulding...accuses richardson of posting racially insensitive comments on facebook...including reacting to a post about supporting black businesses by saying."we should support all businesses.

What "expletive" world am i raising my kids in?"

"i feel like she has taken that microphone that we alll have access to and she's used it to cause harm to people in our community and especially our kids and that's just not okay."

Spaulding offically calling for richardson's resignation in an online petition...saying as a board member richardson needs to be held to a higher standard.

Chant nat pop protesting students agreed kiana jackson-banks "you're somebody on our board so we should feel safe, respected, under you and that we don't, it's just an issue."

The school board's lawyer says richardson is protected by the first amendment.

While richardson hasn't responded directly to the racially charged comments..she did speak at the board meeting about her social media in general.

"voice of allison richardson: if people are offended by my colorful language on my personal facebook i accept that.

That's who i am.

I was the same person when my constituents elected me.

I have not changed since that day."

Richardson did not resign...but did post that she's looking for a lawyer to deal with slander and defamation...as reaction to her posts continue.

"devan: i'd also like to send a message to allison that..this behavior will no longer be tolerated."

In woodford county, monica harkins,