School Board Member Censured After Telling Student 'God, You're Hot.'
School Board Member Censured After Telling Student 'God, You're Hot.'
A Tennessee school board member is now officially censured after he made comments to a female high school student at a public meeting earlier this month.
Keith Ervin, who sits on the Washington County Board of Education in Tennessee, told the student, "God, you're hot. Do you know that? Damn.
Where do you go to school at?" The exchange happened on April 2nd during a livestreamed board meeting. Video from the session shows Ervin reaching toward the student right after she finished speaking about career and technical education programs at David Crockett High School.
The board called an emergency meeting on April 8 and voted unanimously to censure Ervin for the remarks. He abstained from the vote and did not resign from his seat. Censure is a formal rebuke but doesn't remove him from the board.
Ervin later read a statement saying the clip was taken out of context. He explained that he meant the student was "on a roll" with her strong questions and presentation, and that it had nothing to do with her appearance. He apologized to the student and her family.

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