Things got tense at the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD board meeting Thursday night.

In the midst of a contentious election season in which board vice president Natalie Blasingame is looking to unseat board president Scott Henry, Blasingame has been accused of secretly recording conversations with at least two community members: the wife of trustee Lucas Scanlon and a former GOP precinct chair.

When faced with a proposed policy change — which would prohibit trustees from making secret audio recordings — at a workshop session Thursday, Blasingame accused the board of violating the Texas Open Meetings Act by discussing its standard operating procedures during a closed session in June.

She then went on to talk about the importance of honesty and transparency, which prompted trustee Julie Hinaman to

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