School board censures one of its five members

Four members of the Vashon School Board have voted to censure the fifth board member, Jessica Adams, for a publishing a scathing Facebook post blasting the school district’s director of special services, Kathryn Coleman.

The vote to formally reprimand Adams, on Nov. 13, came after Board Chair Juniper Rogneby and Interim Superintendent Jo Moccia asked her to resign earlier that day — a request Adams refused. Adams, in an interview, said she also pre-emptively ruled out the possibility of resigning at the beginning of a special board meeting held in executive session later that afternoon, in advance of the board’s regular public meeting.

Another call for Adams’ resignation came during the board meeting from Stephanie Spencer, the district’s director of teaching and learning, who made the r