Another member of the Utah Board of Education has announced that she will leave her seat — making her the fourth to resign in less than a year.
Linda Hansen, who was elected to the board in 2014, spoke at the beginning of Thursday’s monthly meeting and said she would be stepping down as she moves to a new home outside of her district. With her departure, the board will also lose one of its strong advocates for students with disabilities.
“One of the reasons I ran is because I never heard anybody talk about how what the board was doing was going to affect special needs kids,” she said, trying not to cry.