Carroll school board wants to limit number of speakers and topics that can be addressed during its public meetings

In an effort to dispel the “circus-like atmosphere” that has occurred at recent Carroll County school board meetings, officials have proposed policy changes that would both limit the number of people in the general public who may speak and also what those speakers may talk about. At the end of the Carroll County Board of Education meeting Aug. 17, Superintendent Cynthia McCabe presented proposed revisions to the school system’s policy on Citizen Participation at Board Meetings. The policy was last revised in 2008.