The final step in the York County School Board’s public reprimand of District 5 member Lynda J. Fairman took place Monday night at a special meeting, where board members publicly called her out for violating board rules and violating the superintendent’s contract.
During a tense discussion lasting less than 30 minutes, board members told Fairman she had disrupted the board’s functions by acting unilaterally and going around Superintendent Victor D. Shandor, who has publicly sparred with Fairman at several board meetings.
Fairman’s punishment was already well known, but Monday night was the first time she was publicly named by the board. Fairman, who was voted out as chair of the board last May, was stripped of her committee assignments and had her access badge de-activated by the board in January.
She was not publicly named at the time, although she publicly acknowledged she was the board member being disciplined.
Monday’s special meeting, called into session after a regul…