Robert Gerhart , chairman of the school board , resigned after numerous citizens took screen shots of his public posts and comments on social media featuring racist and bigoted themes , and demanded his removal . The majority of posts and comments by Gerhart had been made months and years prior . They were discovered after Gerhart proposed , in a school board meeting , that the district could engage armed volunteers to patrol district schools . He 'd had the idea , Gerhart said , for " years , " but had n't proposed it until then after , the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting , another of many mass school shootings across the country . Gerhart resigned a week and a half later after numerous parents , residents and groups contacted the district with evidence and complaints
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Osseo Area School District 279