In a letter sent Wednesday to state Superintendent Nancy Grasmick, Jongerius wrote that he is most concerned about false statements made by board Vice President Bonnie Borsa at the Oct. 26 board meeting.

At the end of that meeting, Borsa accused board member Donna Crook of making inaccurate comments on a local radio talk show.

Jongerius thinks Borsa herself made false statements in her accusations of Crook.

"Because the leadership of the board is openly using false statements to attack another board member, I believe that the FCPS board is well past the point of self-regulation," Jongerius wrote to Grasmick.

Borsa took Crook to task Oct. 26 for allegedly spreading inaccurate information about specific topics: whether private restrooms are planned in the Frederick County Public Schools central office building now under construction, and the alleged purchase of alcohol with an FCPS-issued procurement card by former school Superintendent Jack Dale.

Borsa also questioned Crook's claim that she had initiated an alcohol policy after conference where alcohol was allegedly bought.

Borsa held up a sheaf of papers, saying that she had the receipts from that trip and that no alcohol was paid for with school system funds. She also referred to copies of an alcohol policy that dates back to the 1980s.

The Frederick News-Post and Jongerius obtained copies of Borsa's paperwork through Maryland's Public Information Act. The information contains receipts -- including conference registration, hotel bills and airfare -- for several board members and school system employees, but no receipts or other documentation of Dale's expenses.

Borsa said Thursday that neither she nor the school system could find any of Dale's receipts from the 2003 trip.

"The point is, she's accusing him without proof," Borsa said of Crook. "It's not that I can't prove that he didn't, it's that she can't prove that he did.

"The burden of proof is on her as the accuser, and the documentation just isn't there."

Borsa called Jongerius' complaint "yesterday's news."

Board members addressed this issue again at their Wednesday night meeting, and discussed creating a method for challenging each other.

"We are elected officials," Borsa said. "We have the right to challenge each other -- it's foolish to suggest that, as board members, we can't challenge each other."

Someone else beat Jongerius to the punch in filing a complaint, and state education officials have already informed FCPS attorney Jamie Cannon that they will not intervene, Borsa said.

"These matters are to be handled at the local level. And we're working on that."

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