The Volusia County School Board member who apologized for controversial comments responds to a demand to resign or face ...

Volusia County School Board member Jessie Thompson has resigned as the board's chair. Thompson previously apologized for controversial remarks she made at an August Moms for Liberty conference in ...

The Volusia County School Board started 2025 by reinstalling its board chair from 2023 and 2024 following the short-lived ...

Embattled Volusia County School Board member Jessie Thompson said Wednesday she will not resign from the board after a vow by the local Moms for Liberty chair to seek her removal by other means.

Note: This story was revised to correct board member Jessie Thompson's vote on vice chair. In its first meeting of 2025, the Volusia County School Board's first order of business was selecting a ...

Volusia County School Board member Jessie Thompson, right, listens to Superintendent Carmen Balgobin at an event at Tomoka Elementary School in Ormond Beach last November. Thompson has resigned as ...