The disappearance of high school football coach Travis Turner is wreaking havoc on his rural Virginia community.

For the first time since Turner, 46, went missing on November 20, the Wise County School Board met on Monday, December 8.

The meeting was described as “tense” by WCYB-News 5, during which public comment was removed from the agenda.

“We just decided that tonight we just wouldn’t have open expression,” school board chair Larry Greear said.

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News 5 spoke to parents who said they were “aggravated and concerned about what they say is a lack of communication from the school board.”

“Our main focus is the kids, we want to keep them as normal as possible,” Greear said. “We have resources, we have counselin

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