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Members of the SMCISD Board of Trustees discussed the fate of local political figure Naomi Narvaiz's place on the SMCISD Student Health Advisory Council (SHAC) after hearing comments from the public Monday night.

Controversy over several tweets and retweets from Narvaiz's Twitter account drew a capacity crowd to the district's central office, where the board ultimately decided to keep the SHAC intact but disavowed hate speech and bigotry.

People on both sides of the Narvaiz issue were allowed to speak during the 30-minute public comment period. Those who spoke in favor of Narvaiz voiced concerns about her right to free speech and her personal beliefs, while those who spoke against her cited her publicly expressed viewpoints, particularly toward undocumented immigrants and the LGBTQ community, as cause for concern. A motion to remove all members of the SHAC and reopen the application and vetting process failed.