Forsyth County School Officials OK Civitas workshop

(By Mary Giunca, Winston-Salem Journal) - Despite calls from the Forsyth County Association of Educators and the NAACP to cancel a workshop with the Civitas Institute of Raleigh, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted 5-3 Tuesday night to co-sponsor a budget workshop with the conservative group next month.

Board members Geneva Brown, Vic Johnson and Elisabeth Motsinger voted against the proposal. Chairman Donny Lambeth and board members Jill Tackabery, Jeannie Metcalf, Jane Goins and Buddy Collins voted in favor of the measure.

Board member Marilyn Parker did not attend the meeting.