Danielle Green: Michigan school board president ousted for brutally CHOKING colleague
A Michigan school board president has been ousted after she allegedly choked a female colleague and slammed her head into a table during a meeting. During a Flint Community Schools Board of Education emergency meeting Wednesday, March 23, night, Danielle Green was stripped of her position hours after she attacked treasurer Laura MacIntyre.
Calling the attack "brutal", MacIntyre said it was unprovoked. Recalling the incident, she said that Green approached her after objecting to something MacIntyre had said during the finance subcommittee meeting. “There was no fight. There was no argument. I was chairing a committee meeting and I was attacked, unprovoked,” the Flint Journal quoted her as saying at the emergency meeting. “There was no escalation, fight or attack previous to being attacked. ... I was brutally attacked and had to seek medical attention. I am only here to see that the truth comes out and justice is served.”
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“I stood up to back away, at which point, she grabbed my throat and then grabbed my hair and slammed my head into the table and started punching me in the head,” MacIntyre reportedly said. MacIntyre confessed to being shocked and surprised as she never thought anything like this would ever escalate in this manner.
Superintendent Kevelin Jones said that moments before the violence began, the two were arguing about building new schools. Police arrived after the incident was reported, but did not arrest Green. The incident is still under investigation. MacIntyre has decided to press charges. Although the pair had argued during previous public meetings too, it never escalted to a physical altercation. Green was only booted from her top position. Since she was elected by parents, the board does not have the power to remove her completely.
However, Green's position on the board will be automatically voided if she is convicted of a felony. Joyce Ellis-McNeal has taken over the president’s role now. She previously served as vice president under Green. While Carol McIntosh was elected as the new vice president, Linda Boose, the board’s newest member, was elected secretary.
“I want to assure families that we will remain focused on our mission to provide a high-quality education to our scholars,” Superintendent Jones said in a statement to the community. “We remain committed to serving as a key support structure for our families who we are privileged to serve.” The former president has not yet commented on the incident.