Posted on 04/07/2026 5:41:33 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WSMV) - A petition has been launched in an effort to remove a Washington County Board of Education member and the district’s superintendent over comments made toward a student during an early-April meeting.
During a BOE meeting that was streamed on YouTube on April 2, board member Keith Ervin can be heard saying the following to a student he was sitting next to:
“God, you’re hot. Do you know that? Where do you go to school at?”
Directly after Ervin’s comments to the student, laughter can be heard throughout the meeting and then the meeting continues on, seemingly with no acknowledgement of the exchange.
Not long after the meeting, a petition was launched in an effort to remove Ervin and Washington County Schools Superintendent Jerry Boyd. So far, it’s garnered nearly 2,500 signatures.
“It is imperative that we take action now to hold these officials accountable. We demand the immediate removal of both Jerry Boyd and Keith Ervin from their positions on the Washington County Board of Education. Their continued presence undermines the trust and safety of the students they are meant to serve,” the petition partially reads.
The Washington County BOE reports that an emergency meeting has been called for Wednesday, April 8, to address this incident.
“One of our colleagues, Keith Ervin, made a grossly inappropriate comment toward our student Board member. Mr. Ervin has explained that he meant nothing offensive and that we have simply misunderstood his intentions,” the board said.
“Mr. Ervin knows his own intentions, but the rest of us have to judge his words and his actions. What we saw was shocking. He objectified and diminished a young woman publicly. No explanation can justify that.”
During the emergency meeting, the BOE is set to consider and approve a motion to censure Ervin over the comments.
WSMV4 has reached out to Boyd, Ervin and other school board members regarding the petition and Ervin’s comments.
Brad Arnett, one of the people claiming to have created the petition, released the following statement to WSMV4:
“An update regarding the petition filed to seek the removal of Keith Ervin and Jerry Boyd from the Washington County school board. This effort has always been about one thing—our children. We are continuing to make steady progress and are committed to taking every step available to us to ensure the board takes accountability and realizes why this situation is not okay and could have been prevented. Our goal is to not allow this to keep happening, to make sure that every student knows that they are seen, heard, and respected in an environment that is safe, supportive, and free from discomfort or humiliation. As parents and community members, we will continue to advocate for a school system that reflects the values we expect for our children—fairness, dignity, and respect. We will not stop pushing forward until those standards are upheld. I appreciate the continued support from the community and encourage everyone to stay motivated and keeping their voices loud about this issue.
”I became involved because I reside in Washington County, I went to school my entire life in these schools. The things that are happening now have happened for as long as I can remember. It’s the “good ole boy” system. They protect each other and let each other get away with whatever they want, and it needs to stop. As a father of both a boy and a girl, I was appalled by the video, as anyone who is a decent human being should be. Keith Ervin has taken full advantage of his position way too many times and it needs to end here. The positions they hold are a privilege and they have done nothing but abuse the power and make the moral values of the school board non existent."
Do school boards attract perverts?
The whole school board is a cesspool of liberal white trash. How TF such a deep-red county ever elected a bunch of losers who just want to follow Northern Virginia down the cesspool is beyond me. (To be clear, I mean Washington County TN is acting like Washington DC suburbs.) It’s pure corruption: the school board leaders own all the construction companies that build the school construction projects.
Another important to thing to note is that everyone on the school board was absolutely OK with it!
Many high school girls are hot, no denying that. And it is a complement under the right circumstances. I’ve said the same thing to my wife many times. BUT... no adult should be referring to a student’s sexual attractiveness in public and embarrassing the student, especially someone in education. This man has no respect for the girl and should be fired.
Well if she was 18... was she????
If the student was “hot” like that, I think finding out where the kid went to school wouldn’t be on his mind.
The low-T Boomer Goobers here and their outrage....
He was just testing the water. One, how did the student react? and 2nd, how far could he go with such in front of the school board members. It will likely be known that this is not the first time for him.
About ending a sentence with a preposition, Churchill said (slightly paraphrased), “That is something up with which I will not put!”
Perv.
I don’t care if she was 28, it is not appropriate commentary at a public meeting. Quit supporting such stuff.
Did he go full Biden and sniff her hair?
What a stupid and rude statement in your part.
You’re clearly a disrupter trying to divide the conservative base by age.
And, no not remotely “low-t” or a boomer here before your predictable wit goes there.
Well, that was all 60 or 70 years ago.
The guy might be a knucklehead that the kids know is entertaining them and not serious and the kids know that up front. My wife said that she would say something about me flirting with ladies at church sometimes, but she also said that you flirt with everyone young and old, male and female, just loving on people, trying to help make them feel special. However,he may have gone at it the wrong way.
"Sexy + Seventeen" by the Stray Cats.
"Edge of Seventeen" by Fleetwood Mac
"She's Only Seventeen" by Winger
The list goes on and on and on....
There was a substitute teacher who made and posted a video of her at school with the children and she called a young teen ‘shawty’ or something like that which means ‘hot’ or attraction.
She is no longer a substitute and made another video crying about losing her job.
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