Jeff Scott
Hartland School Board Candidate
JEFF SCOTT PUSHES QUALITY TEACHERS OUT OF HARTLAND
Per a 6/21/23 FOIAd email from the Superintendent
“Dear Board: I am saddened to report that █████████████ has resigned to take a position elsewhere. I have to share that I believe Mr. Scott pulling her name into his issues has not helped with retention of this staff member. I believe that when people are pulled into the spotlight by those who do not understand the workings of education they simply feel defeated. Earlier I shared with you the investigation into Mr. Scott’s allegations and how ███████ did not want to be pulled into this person’s issues. As a Board of Education I would hope that you see this as an example of why we work so hard to care for our staff.”
In another instance Jeff Scott demanded that a different teacher's “personnel file be made public so that members of the community can weigh in.” The teacher he was targeting for this public harassment campaign ended up resigning the same month.
Jeff Scott & Tyffany Baird Bully School Staff
On April 3rd, 2024 these Clean Slate 2.0 candidates showed up unannounced to the Central Office in the early morning demanding information from front office staff. They were so rude and intimidating (Scott was recording the person) that this school employee came to the next school board meeting to express her shock and concern of such belligerent behavior.
Clean Slate 2.0 candidates Jeff Scott and Tyffany Baird show blatant disregard for board procedures and school business.
On May 13th, 2024 Jeff Scott and Tyffany Baird attempted to intimidate the school board by following them with a camera and recording phone insisting (falsely) that the closed session they were going into was illegal. These candidates disregarded the fact that they were clearly not allowed to be there as the public portion of the meeting had ended. They followed them down a hall to the closed session room where they then hid behind a door to continue filming through the glass. Jeff Scott and Tyffany Baird persistently harassed the school board when they were just trying to do their job of conducting a meeting for routine school business.
This is a shocking display of blatant disregard for board procedures and school business when the majority of the board had voted in favor of holding the closed session. The closed session ended abruptly resulting in make-up meeting/s being unnecessarily cumbersome. The Clean Slate 2.0, just like the Clean Slate, are disruptors of important school business. Ask your educator friends and family who they are voting for the school board this November - listen to the school community!! More here.
Jeff Scott proudly posts his alignment with Moms for Liberty.
His Clean Slate 2.0 mates, Yarber and Baird, both ‘like’ it. Adopting and repeating the slogans "Power to the Parents" and "I dont co-parent with the government", the Clean Slate 2.0 has let the public know that they have taken the Mom's for Liberty oath to heart. Moms for Liberty is designated as an extremist organization by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Jeff Scott incessantly bombards the school board with emails of false allegations, made up issues and FOIA demands. The disruption of school business is constant.
Below are a few examples of the Superintendent and Board president taking time to continue combating the inaccurate, and volatile information that Scott shares around the community with bad intent.
Jeff Scott and the Clean Slate 2.0 dismiss the voices of the teachers
Scott, Yarber and Baird have all responded to stakeholders who disagree or challenge them by deleting their comments and blocking them on social media. One example is when Jeff Scott did this to a veteran Hartland teacher who challenged him on his candidacy page regarding Scott’s faulty interpretation and manipulation of data used to slam the schools. The teacher was completely professional in their mathematical responses (see below), but their comments were deleted and they were blocked by Scott simply for questioning him.
This 30+ year teacher was then attacked on Angela Yarber’s official candidacy page. He was told by Mr. Angela Yarber that he had no business weighing in on the doctored data Angela used to launch her slate’s campaign because he doesn't pay taxes in Hartland (which is either assumed or they looked up where this teacher lives and were trying to intimidate him).
Mr. Angela Yarber called this teacher a “troll” in response to his fact based analysis comment. They were told they’re “argumentative, opinionated, extreme teacher gone activists.” And that they’re “leaving a stain on this community” Mr. Angela Yarber states that this teacher is “doing the union's dirty work of a footsoldier harassing parents of your students”
👉🏽 There’s nothing reasonable about silencing constituents who wish to share their issues and concerns. Hartland needs school board representatives who are going to hear all opinions, especially from teachers and parents.
Scott and the Clean Slate 2.0 have made it clear that they refuse to represent ALL
- just like we have seen with the Clean Slate that won during midterms. Considering that the 2023/24 staff survey results proves TEACHER’S SATISFACTION with Hartland’s current school board is AT AN ALL TIME LOW -even lower than during COVID- we can expect this to continue if Scott/Baird/Yarber’s Clean Slate 2.0 wins. Here is the offending comment that resulted in the teacher being banished from the discussion. More information about this situation can be found on this post.
