School board member who told student 'God, you're hot' is censured

A Tennessee county school board voted unanimously to censure Keith Ervin, a member who told a student, “God, you’re hot” at a public board meeting last week.

A Tennessee county school board voted unanimously Wednesday to censure a member who told a student, “God, you’re hot” at a public board meeting last week.

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The Washington County Board of Education approved the censure during an emergency meeting, following public calls to remove board member Keith Ervin and Superintendent Jerry Boyd.

In a board meeting April 2, which was livestreamed, Ervin told a female high school student next to him: “God, you’re hot. Do you know that? Damn. Where do you go to school at?”