The Northern Humboldt Union High School District board will hold a special meeting Friday to address the actions of trustee Dan Johnson, who apparently passed off a well-known 2012 speech as his own letter to his daughter at the Arcata High School graduation in June.
The 9 a.m. meeting is scheduled to take place at the Arcata High School multi-purpose room.
Johnson could not be reached for comment.
?At this time, the comment is we're having a meeting to discuss it as it's written in the agenda, and we'll follow the action item when we get there,? Superintendent Chris Hartley said. ?We just want to have the meeting, and let the board have a chance to address the issue.?
Board member Dana Silvernale said the board initially held off on discussing the matter because Hartley went on vacation immediately following Arcata High's commencement ceremony. Silvernale said the board wanted to wait to address the matter until Hartley returned.
She said she anticipated the board would discuss the matter directly with Johnson and Hartley in closed session before deciding what, if any, action would be appropriate.
The Arcata Eye reported late last month that Johnson called his daughter up to the podium and read a 2012 speech given by Massachusetts' Wellesley High School English teacher David McCullough, Jr., without attribution.
McCullough's speech, which the Boston Globe said ?railed against the coddling of children and rallied Wellesley High's graduating seniors to seize life, read, and live selflessly,? became an Internet sensation when it went viral last year. The Boston Globe reports it also resulted in the teacher receiving a book contract.
The agenda item related to the speech reads: ?Possible response to public concern regarding the 2013 Arcata High School graduation ceremony and accept Board member Dan Johnson's statement to community.? It is listed as an action item.
If you go:
What: Commencement speech meeting
Who: Northern Humboldt Union High School District board
Where: Arcata High School multi-purpose room
When: Friday, 9 a.m.
Lorna Rodriguez contributed to this report.
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