A Virginia school board will soon be omitting the video display of the public speaking portion of its meetings, starting on April 9.
The Loudoun County School Board voted 6-3 on Tuesday with the objections coming from board members Deana Griffiths, Kari LaBell, and Lauren Shernoff.
When Griffiths brought forward a motion Tuesday night to bring back the display of public speakers’ faces on camera during meetings, the board voted to do away with the cameras. Currently, meetings have been showing the back of public speakers in a wide shot of the school board meeting.
The video stream of meetings, starting in April, will provide only the audio and closed captioning of public speakers at meetings.
“It is crucial for livestreams, recordings, or broadcasts to provide a clear and engaging representation of the speaker for the audience,” Griffiths said
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