Dozens attend meeting to condemn transphobic tweets allegedly made by N.J. school board member

Parents, students and advocates in the Hunterdon Central Regional School District attended a special meeting Wednesday to condemn “vitriolic comments” allegedly made on Twitter by a school board member and call for her resignation. Rebecca Petersen, the board member suspected of posting the controversial comments on Twitter, sat silently with other school board members before the crowd at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington. She listened as more than a dozen people expressed their concerns about her ability to fairly serve the entire student body. “If a sitting board member is...