The trustees of a northern California school board, caught on videotape mocking the parents of their school district who wanted their schools to reopen, have resigned en masse.

During a pre-meeting session of the school board for the Oakley Union Elementary School District, one member said of an interaction with a frustrated parent, “B****, if you are going to call me out, I am going to f*** you up.” Another commented of the frustrated parents, “They want their babysitters back.”

“Another member of the board theorized that parents want their kids to go back to school so they can spend the day getting high,” Reason reported, adding, “The board also discussed whether it would be possible to change the public comment portion of their meetings so that members of the public would be cut off automatically after three minutes of speaking time.”

One parent told ABC7, “I thought the board members were also advocates for my child and had her best interests at heart. After [Wednesday’s] incident, it really has me thinking that they don’t. They see us writing letters monthly, weekly, to the board members, detailing our stresses and grief about distance learning. For them to say we are doing nothing and sitting home and smoking pot is far from the truth.”

School Superintendent Gregory Hetrick issued a statement apologizing for the board, writing: “I know that our students deserve better from us. I pledge to work collaboratively with stakeholders and community members to begin doing the important work that is needed to rebuild community trust in our district.”