Reaction to board meeting: The public speaks

"Seven board members have remained silent. I think that's outrageous. You work for us. ... Have the courage to come off the sidelines and do your job."

-- Richard Bisi, Hilton Head Island

"Now we have a superintendent who 'merely makes edits.' Those were more than 'merely.' Those were some pretty big edits."

-- Calvin Jordan, Beaufort

"This is a situation that endangers the public's trust in both the superintendent and the school board."

-- Rebecca Bass, Beaufort

"Once you break our trust, you're not going to get it back. And that's what's happened here."

-- Kimberly Morgan, Beaufort

"We're citizens for god's sake. I don't think anyone came in here to do anything, to bring anyone harm or anything of that nature. So when that mindset is already set, ... I'm sitting here thinking, 'Gee, this is how our school district feels about us as parents.'"

-- Elizabeth Morrow, Bluffton

"I am a little bit concerned that we have to think that if it weren't for the Moss family, poor Beaufort County couldn't possibly be getting into the area of innovation."

-- David Rockwell, Hilton Head Island

This story was originally published September 21, 2015 at 9:48 PM with the headline "Reaction to board meeting: The public speaks."