The president of a city school board in Michigan has been suspended on charges of brutally assaulting the board’s treasurer by hitting her head on a table and strangling her in a meeting.
Flint Community School Board President Danielle Green was eliminated 6-0 on Wednesday at an emergency school board meeting that Green did not attend. FCS Board Treasurer Laura McIntyre, Green’s accuser, was present during the vote and described the attack, which took place at a morning school finance committee meeting.
“I was attacked out of nowhere, for no reason,” McIntyre, with two black eyes, said at an emergency student council meeting. “There was one person who fought, one person who committed violence. It was not a board, it was one person, and this person grabbed me by the throat, hit my head on the table, hit me on the head several times.”
McIntyre, a self-described “queer mother of three,” said she filed a police report and was taken to the hospital due to her injuries, according to the Detroit News.
– There was no fight. There was no dispute. It escalated from nothing and very quickly turned into an attack. It was an attack,” she said at an emergency meeting. “I’m only here to make sure the truth comes out and justice is done.”
It is not clear why the fight broke out and it appears that the public was unable to physically attend the meeting, although links to the webinar were available to the public to view the meeting while it was in progress. The recorded meeting was not made public after the meeting ended.
Flint, Michigan, school board treasurer Laura McIntyre (pictured) filed a police report against former president Danielle Green. During an emergency meeting in which Green was stripped of her role as president by a 6-0 win, McIntyre spoke about the ordeal while having two black eyes (pictured)
Green (pictured) allegedly slammed McIntyre’s head on a table, strangled her and punched the woman multiple times in an unprovoked attack during a financial meeting on Wednesday.
Although Green, also a mother of three, was removed from her list as president, she will still be allowed to serve on the Board of Education since she was elected. Going forward, the Board has decided that the police will attend all future meetings until further notice, NBC 25 News reports.
Earlier this month, Green, who has a master’s degree in education, wrote on Facebook: “I just love my board!!! PERIOD.’
She will be replaced by board vice president Joyce Ellis-McNeil for the remainder of Green’s term, which ends in January.
“It was wrong. I did not like it. And I did my best to contain it and stop it. This was not enough (to stop the intended attack). [McIntyre] didn’t deserve it,” trustee Allen Gilbert said.
McIntyre, a “queer mother of three”, said she had to go to the hospital to treat her injuries after the attack and said she would seek the “full severity” of the law against Greene.
Green, who is also a mother of three, said the incident does not “define her or her track record” and that she is not “proud” of the moment.
Although she will no longer be the student council president, she will still be able to serve on the council since she was elected.
Earlier this month, she wrote on Facebook: “I just love my board!!! PERIOD’
Superintendent Kevelyn Jones released a statement on behalf of Flint Public Schools saying he is “aware” of the incident and “committed to keeping all members of our school community safe.”
“I want to reassure families that we will remain focused on our mission of providing high quality education to our scientists,” he wrote in a statement. “We are focused on our families this school year and beyond.”
Green told ABC 12 News that it was “not one of the highlights of my life, my career, my position in society.”
She said a fight doesn’t define her or her track record.
Green was elected president in January and has served as trustee and vice president for the past six years. McIntyre was elected treasurer around the same time she became president.
“I am not proud of any of this. Definitely not. And that’s one incident,” Green told ABC 12 News.
Flint Superintendent Kevelin Jones said he was “aware” of the situation in which the school district remains “focused on our mission of providing the highest quality education to our students.”
“Never in my life would I have thought that I would ever be involved in something like this. And I can say that my track record speaks for itself,” she said.
Green frequently posts pictures of herself reading to children at various schools, including reading her own children’s book, My Good Girl—part of a seven-book series, although only two books have been published on Amazon—which focuses on teachers helping girls learn valuable life lessons. .
She is also the author of two other books titled “I Wish I Was Known Then” and “Should Have Known Me Then”, which features long-legged girls in short skirts on the cover, in which she talks about her “hood” Flint. , Michigan. because “all hoods have a story.”
She dedicated her books to her three daughters Tia, Alyssa and Makala.
Green is also the author of a series of children’s books about teachers helping girls learn valuable life lessons. Two of the seven books available on Amazon are Hey Pretty Girl and Hey Smart Girl.
She often posts pictures of herself reading in class.
In addition to children’s books, Green has also written two books about her “hood” and what she wished she knew when she was younger.
Police confirmed to ABC 12 that McIntyre filed a complaint against Green, but no charges were filed.
“At this point, I plan to pursue this to the fullest extent of the law, and I am considering my other legal options as an individual,” McIntyre said at the meeting, according to ABC 12 News.
attempted to contact McIntyre, Greene, and the Flint Police Department for comment.