“It’s a matter of ethics . . . and we should discuss it,” he said; but Board members refused to discuss the issue
Yavapai Community College District Governing Board member Paul Chevalier challenged the District Governing Board at its October meeting to openly discuss whether there had been discrimination in some form between the East and West regions of Yavapai County over the past several years. He asserted that under the Governance model adopted by the Governing Board, the members were supposed to discuss disagreements. He argued in his contribution to the Governing Board September evaluation (see below) that the allocation of power among the Board members over the years raised a possible “ethical” issue for the Board and was in his view discriminatory.
Chevalier gave a specific example at the meeting in support of his claim. He said that over the past twelve years no one from the east side of the County had been District Governing Board Chair, the most powerful position on the Board. He argued that with the east side having 40% of the population, it should in theory have had someone as chair 40% of the time.
Despite his challenge to members to discuss the issue, the Governing Board remained silent. No one would discuss whether his view was correct. You may view his challenge to the Board in the very short video clip below. The issue was made at the October 8, 2019 Board meeting.
