I have been out of town the past few days with only short stints to post on this blog.  I want everyone to know I have been reading the comments sent to me about the July 28th Hamilton Southeastern School Board meeting.

Let me once again set the stage for you.  The school board was taking comments.  The board has a rule – public comment is allowed, with a time limit for each speaker – but the speaker must address an item on the board’s agenda for that meeting.

The agenda item dealt with an upcoming appointment to the Hamilton East Library Board.  The library board deals with the Noblesville and Fishers libraries.  The HSE School Board has one appointee to the library board.

Brian Myer has served as the HSE School Board appointee for the past 12 years and would be willing to serve another 4 years.  He spoke before the school board July 28th.

Then School Board President Janet Pritchett called the names of those that had signed-up to speak on that item.  One of the speakers began reading from a book, apparently from the Fishers Hamilton East Library branch, and was told by Board President Pritchett that the speaker was not addressing the agenda item.  When the speaker refused to stop, the microphone for the public address in the room and the live stream video broadcast (which is also saved for future viewing) was cutoff.

The crowd was becoming quite angry and Pritchett called for a recess of the meeting.  The board members then left the room.

At that time, the audience began chanting.  I reported in the story posted July 28th about the meeting that the chant I heard was “We ban you.”  Many audience members have messaged me saying the chant was actually “We pay you.”  I have listened to my audio recording, which continued after the school board’s video was not on, and I hear “We ban you.”

However, you could interpret the chant to be “We pay you” just the same.  After all, I’m not as young as I used to be and perhaps my hearing isn’t as sharp as it once was.

So, I have provided my audio recording, which starts as the board is leaving the room and continues until the chant dies down.

You can be the judge of what was chanted by the audience at the board meeting.  Listen at the link below.

Also, the HSE School Board is taking applications for anyone wishing to apply to be the school board appointee to the Hamilton East Library Board.