Cherokee Tribune – Marlow files appeal of school board sanction

Cherokee County School Board member Kelly Marlow made an 11th-hour appeal Friday of her ethics violation sanction, noting three areas as grounds for her case.

Marlow was sanctioned Oct. 2 for violating Board of Education policy by sending a letter to school accrediting agency AdvanceEd calling for an investigation, and Friday was the final day for her to appeal the school board’s decision.

Marlow based her appeal on whether her motion to dismiss the charges against her was properly denied and whether it should have been granted, whether sending a letter requesting an investigation is beyond her authority as a school board member and whether by taking private action she compromised the board or school administration.

Cherokee District spokeswoman Barbara Jacoby confirmed Friday that Cherokee County School Superintendent Frank Petruzielo received Marlow’s request for an appeal that morning.

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