Columbia Heights school board member won't step down

Embattled Columbia Heights school board member Grant Nichols defied both a hostile crowd and a board resolution Tuesday night, saying he would not resign his post over anti-Muslim comments attributed to him on Facebook.

More than 50 parents, students, faculty and community members spoke against Nichols, and only two supported him at a board meeting so crowded that it spilled into a remote hall with a video feed.

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