Lakota won’t make special accommodations for board member Darbi Boddy to sidestep civil protection order

The Lakota Schools will not make any special accommodations for board member Darbi Boddy to attend the board meeting next week, now that the 12th District Court of Appeals has denied her emergency motion on a technicality.

Her attorney Robert Croskery asked the appeals court to allow her to attend meetings while her appeal of the civil stalking order is pending. The court denied the request saying he needed to file the motion in Butler County Common Pleas Court first.

The Journal-News asked Lakota spokeswoman Betsy Fuller if Boddy could possibly attend via Zoom or some other remote platform. This was her response:

“Monday’s meeting will be an in-person work session focused on the results of the state report card and the district’s resulting action steps,” she wrote in an email. “Neither the district nor the board are involved in the protection order. This is a matter between two individual board members. The execution of the order will be up to the courts and law enforcement agencies.”

Boddy has been ordered to stay 500 feet — the equivalent of 15 school buses — from fellow school board member Isaac Adi after he successfully obtained a civil protection order to stop her from harassing him. If she shows up she’ll be arrested.

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Denise has been reporter with Cox since 2006. She covers Butler County government including all elected office holders, departments and independent boards; Ross and West Chester townships. She strives to deliver the most impactful, comprehensive and crucial information about all aspects of local government to her readers every day.