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The St. Francis school board voted Monday night to oust first-term board member Matthew Rustad, the subject of controversy after he admitted plagiarizing a column he'd submitted for the north metro school district's newsletter. Rustad, 22, was removed by a 4-2 vote of the board. Only once before in Minnesota has a sitting school board member been voted off the board by his peers. In 2009, Curt Rude was removed from the Austin school board after he sued the district and the superintendent. The St. Francis move is in step with a recommendation fr...
The evidence is in; the witnesses have said their piece. Now, Matthew Rustad's future on the St. Francis school board awaits the recommendation of hearing officer James Martin and a school board vote next month. During a 3 1/2-hour hearing last week, Rustad publicly admitted that he had plagiarized the column he submitted for a school district newsletter published Sept. 7. The first-term board member, who was censured by the board in September, also said he believes that continuing to pursue the issue constitutes harassment. Minnesota statute...