SOUTHMORELAND SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO CENSURE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS

The Southmoreland School Board has voted to censure one of its members.  The Trib reports that remarks made by Catherine Fike at the September 16th meeting were removed by the board.  According to a letter signed by the board, she had disclosed confidential information about a student without authorization in a false and misleading manner to put another board member in a negative light.  Fike was removed Tuesday from the board’s personnel, policy and academics committees. She will no longer serve as the board’s representative for the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit.  The district will file a complaint on Fike with the U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office following a unanimous vote by the board.