An Horry County school board member has been asked to resign after a Facebook post.
According to a press release from Horry County Alliance for Educational Justice, Horry County School Board member Sherrie Todd shared a post on September 18 around 8:25 p.m. that stated “I’ve already decided that whoever wins the Democrat Nomination in 2020 sexually assaulted me 40 years ago.”
“The Horry County Alliance for Educational Justice finds this post to be completely offensive, inappropriate, insensitive, and beneath someone who has the responsibility of caring for the most vulnerable citizens of Horry County: our children,” states HCAEJ’s release. “Mrs. Todd’s endorsement of this post betrays her gross lack of consideration of the lived reality of our fellow citizens, including children, who are survivors of sexual assault.”
“In spite of Mrs. Todd offering what we consider a half-hearted apology that ultimately passed the responsibility to others for the post being shared, we call Mrs. Todd’s judgement, sensitivity, and integrity as a school board member into question,” HCAEJ further states in the release. “Therefore, we find that the appropriate course of action Mrs. Todd should take is to resign from the school board immediately.”
