A Michigan city school board president was removed from her post after brutally attacking the board’s Treasurer by slamming her head on a table and choking her at meeting.
Flint Community School Board President Danielle Green was relieved of her duties after she allegedly attacked Treasurer Laura McIntyre at the Finance Committee meeting on Wednesday.
Superintendent Kevelin Jones told M Live that the pair got into a disagreement over building new schools.
At an emergency meeting later that day where Green was removed, McIntyre, sporting two black eyes, said there was ‘no fight’ leading up to the attack and the ‘only person fighting’ was Green.
She said Green got up and ‘towered’ over her at the finance meeting and started ‘threatening me with her finger.’
‘I stood up to back away at which point she grabbed my throat and then grabbed my hair and slammed my head into the table and started punching me in the head,’ she said. ‘t was not warranted, uncalled for and completely inappropriate. It will not be tolerated and we are taking action tonight.
‘In the moment I was shocked and surprised. It had never crossed my mind that anything like this would ever escalate like this.
‘There was no fight. There was no argument. This escalated out of nothing and very quickly it was an attack. It was an assault.
‘I’m only here to make sure the truth comes out and justice is served.
‘I was attacked out of nowhere, for no reason.’
McIntyre, a self-defined ‘queer mother-of-three’ said she filed a police report and will be pressing charges. Green has not been arrested by police yet. McIntyre also said she had to be taken to the hospital for her injuries and has a concussion, according to the Detroit News.
Although Green, also a mother of three, was removed from her roll as president, she will still be allowed to serve on the Board of Education, since she was elected.
Going forward, the Board decided to have police at all future meetings until further notice, NBC 25 News reported.
Flint, Michigan, School Board Treasurer Laura McIntyre (pictured) filed a police report against former President Danielle Green. During the emergency meeting, where Green was voted out of her role as president 6-0, McIntyre spoke about the ordeal while sporting two black eyes (pictured)
Green (pictured) allegedly slammed McIntyre’s head on the table, choked her, and repeated punched the woman in an unprovoked attack during the finance meeting on Wednesday
Green told ABC 12 News that this ‘is not one of my highlights of my anything, my life, my career, my position in the community.
‘None of this am I proud of. Absolutely not. And this is one incident.
‘Never in my life would I have thought something like this I will be involved in ever, ever. And I can say this, my record speaks for itself.’
Green was elected president in January and in the last six years has served as a trustee and a vice president. McIntyre was elected Treasurer around the same time she became president.
McIntyre, a ‘queer mother-of-three,’ said she had to go to the hospital to be treated for her injuries after the attack and said she would pursue the ‘full extent’ of the law against Green
Green, who is also a mother-of-three, said this incident doesn’t ‘define her or her record of service’ and that she isn’t ‘proud’ of the moment
Although she will no longer serve as president of the school board, she will still be able to be on the board, as she was elected
She posted earlier this month she posted on Facebook: ‘I just loves my board!!! PERIOD’
Earlier this month, Green, who has a master’s in education, posted on Facebook: ‘I just love my board!!! PERIOD.’
She will be replaced by Board Vice President Joyce Ellis-McNeal for the remainder of Green’s term, which ends in January.
‘It wasn’t right. I didn’t like it. And I did my best to restrain it and to stop it. It wasn’t good enough (to stop the alleged attack). [McIntyre] did not deserve it,’ said Trustee Allen Gilbert.
Superintendent Kevelin Jones released a statement on behalf of Flint Community Schools, stating that he was ‘aware’ of the incident and is ‘committed to the safety of all members of our school community.’
‘I want to assure families that we will remain focused on our mission to provide a high-quality education to our scholars,’ he wrote in a statement. ‘We are focused on our families this school year and beyond.’
Flint superintendent Kevelin Jones said he was ‘aware’ of the situation the school district still remained ‘focused on our mission to provide a high-quality education to our scholars’
Green frequently posts photos showing her at various schools reading to children, including reading her own children’s book My Smart Girl – part of a seven-book series, although only two are published on Amazon – that focuses on teachers helping young girls learn valuable life lessons.
She is also the author of two other books titled I Wish I Woulda Known Me Back Then and Shoulda Coulda Woulda – which features a display of leggy girls in short skirts on the cover – in which she talks about her ‘hood’ Flint, Michigan, because ‘all hoods have a story.’
She has dedicated her books to her three daughters Tia, Alyssa, and Makala.
Green is also an author of a children’s book series that focuses on teachers helping young girls learn valuable life lessons. Two books in the seven-book series are available on Amazon, Hey Pretty Girl and Hey Smart Girl
She frequently posts photos of her reading in classrooms
In addition to the children’s books, Green also wrote two books about her ‘hood’ and what she wishes she had known when she was younger
Police confirmed to ABC 12 that McIntyre filed a complaint against Green, but no charges have been filed.
‘At this point, I plan to pursue this to the full extent of the law and I’m looking at my other legal options as an individual,’ McIntyre said at the meeting, according to ABC 12 News.
DailyMail.com has attempted to contact McIntyre, Green, the school board, and the Flint PD for comment.
The Flint School Board has been hitting waves for the past few years, as members have clashed mask, critical race theory, and other topics. Two board members also quit in September, the reason is unknown.
The school board is also up to discuss the $150million in federal COVID-19 relief money it received. The board said on Wednesday that it would start strategizing how to spend the funds.