Cars converged at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville, along with some protesters, after Joe Biden was named President-elect on Saturday. Nashville Tennessean
A Middle Tennessee schools director's tweet over the weekend pairing a joke about voter fraud with a picture of President-elect Joe Biden visiting his son’s grave will be reviewed by the Lincoln County Schools board.
But not until next month, the school board's chair confirmed to The Tennessean on Thursday.
"The Lincoln County School Board is aware of (the) tweet and will address as a board in accordance with policy on subject matter," School Board Chairman Tommy Stevenson told the Tennessean in an email Wednesday regarding Lincoln County Schools Director Bill Heath's Sunday post.
Stevenson confirmed the board will discuss the incident during its next regular meeting slated for Dec. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at Lincoln Central Academy in Fayetteville, a small city of just over 7,000 people about 11 miles north of the Tennessee- Alabama border.
Biden, who in a historic victory last week defeated President Donald Trump in the 2020 American presidential election, visited his son Beau's grave on Sunday.
The tweet stemmed from Twitter user and Lawrence County Commissioner Chris Jackson posting a photo of Biden walking through a cemetery. "President Elect Joe Biden is headed to church this morning," Jackson posted.
"Looks like he's thanking his voters," Heath commented in a since deleted post on his personal Twitter account.
"It is important that employees' personal use of these sites does not damage the reputation of Lincoln County Schools, its employees, its students or their families," the Lincoln County Board of Education's social media policy states.
"Employees should exercise care in setting appropriate boundaries between their personal and public online behavior, understanding that what is private in the digital world often has the possibility of becoming public, even without their knowledge or consent.... Depending on the severity of the incident, the employee may be subject to disciplinary action."
When reached by phone Monday morning, Heath apologized.
"I didn't know he was there visiting his son's grave," Heath said. "That was a poor response from me back to Mr. Jackson. I should have known as [director] emotions were still high after the election.... The tweet I was responding to, I thought he was going to church."
Stevenson would not say whether Heath had been place on leave or whether board members had spoken to him about the deleted post.
No other board members returned multiple emails or calls to The Tennessean.
Heath, who became director in January 2016, was named the 2019 Superintendent of the Year during the Professional Educators of Tennessee’s annual professional development conference, Leader U, at Trevecca University, the Elk Valley Times reported.
Natalie Neysa Alund is based in Nashville at The Tennessean and covers breaking news across the south for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at nalund@tennessean.com and follow her on Twitter @nataliealund.
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