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Board member Courtney Waters said she wanted to make a comment for the record saying she disagreed with Grybowski’s statement, “particularly with regard to the integrity of the investigation.”

When board member Darlene Roberson expressed her opinion, Grybowski asked the other members to “stand back.”

“There is no motion on the table, so there is no discussion, so I’m closing the discussion on this,” Grybowski said. “This was discussed in closed session, the statement was read out, I’m moving on.”

Waters asked if her comment about the integrity of the investigation had been recorded, to which Grybowski replied that her comments should be “striking from the record.” She then asked if a “parliamentarian” was present in the room and said Grybowski’s request to strike her comments was “highly inappropriate.”

“If I apply Robert’s Rules of Order and exercise my right as a board member to have my questions and comments answered, I don’t think you have the authority to take that away from me,” Waters said. “You are the chairman. You are not responsible for me as a board member.”

After further back and forth, Grybowski quickly continued before ending the meeting.

Vanessa Denney, a spokeswoman for the district, told The Post and Courier on July 2 that the investigation into Cobb’s hostile labor allegations had been completed, but the probe into alleged misuse of federal aid funds, which began in April, was still ongoing. She said both investigations are being conducted by White and Story, LLC.

Denney said the district is committed to making the reports from both investigations available to the public as soon as they are available and to the extent permitted by law.

In a separate interview, Grybowski said it was the district’s responsibility to investigate alleged misuse of pandemic relief funds, which is why Huggins hired a firm to conduct that investigation. He also said the board did not have the authority to select a firm in this case.