Grandmother Says School Board President Threatened Her Over Complaint

NEVADA (CBSDFW.COM) – Complaints of bullying in school usually center around students. However, in Collin County, a school board president is accused of threatening a woman and her job after she was critical of Community ISD.

For students in the district, there's a zero tolerance for bullying. But one grandparent wonders if that policy includes the administration office, after she says board president Mike Shepard threatened her.

"I actually broke down at work because I don't understand why this man is coming after me," said Lisa Rogers.

Rogers says she went on Facebook to complain about the lack of textbooks in the district's schools.

"It basically talked about taking some of the technology out, bringing our textbooks back," she said.

Soon after that, Rogers' employer, a Subway restaurant in Lavon, received an online complaint filed along with the name and personal info of the school board president.

It reads, "this employee's use of personal Facebook social media has cost your company/store the loss of business of the largest employer in the Lavon community."

Mike Shepard wouldn't talk to us after the latest board meeting. But he didn't deny filing the complaint.

Rogers says Shepard also called the Subway owner demanding that she be fired. That hasn't happened, but she now has an attorney.

"It's fire her or we're not going to do business them anymore. That's absolutely wrong. It's a knucklehead move," said attorney Tom Carse.

But it has Rogers wondering how sharing her opinion along with other parents could cause anyone, including a school board president, to retaliate so harshly.

"My job is my livelihood. It feeds my family, and for somebody to try to take my job because I voiced opinion...that's wrong."