


While it does publicly condemn a member’s behavior, a censure typically does not include that person being expelled from office. “We believe as a board that member Randy Moore fell short of clearly articulated expectations for members of the Mount Airy City Schools Board of Education, which is why we took the extraordinary step of a public censure,” it says.Ī censure is an expression of formal, severe disapproval - or reprimand - of a public official’s conduct, which also has occurred in bodies such as Congress. Randy Moore’s recent social media posts,” the statement reads. “The Mount Airy City Schools Board of Education disavows and disapproves of Mr. It still appeared on Moore’s Facebook page as of Wednesday afternoon. Army veteran who was appointed to the seven-member body in January 2021.Īfter Monday night’s special meeting, the Board of Education issued a statement regarding the situation directed toward the community, although it did not specifically cite the image of the rainbow-colored figure being kicked in the midsection. That image first appeared on the Facebook page of Randy Moore last week, leading to a special called meeting of the city school board Monday night. A member of the Mount Airy Board of Education has been publicly censured, apparently over his social media posting showing a figure dressed in red, white and blue kicking another in rainbow colors symbolizing the LGBTQ movement.
