Parents confront Prosper ISD school board after former president’s arrest and resignation

Prosper ISD held a special meeting on Tuesday to discuss how to fill the student council seat left empty by the now former student council president.

Andrew Wilborn resigns one day after arrest allegations of indecent behavior by children in the past month.

For the first time since then, parents had the opportunity to confront the district leadership.

“We’re tired of this,” Prosper’s parent Mike Bennett said during a public comment on the meeting on Tuesday.

“Right is so bad that the lines between right and wrong are blurred,” said James Pope, Prosper’s parent.

Wilborn was arrested two weeks ago and charged with indecent behavior towards children. He is accused of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old at a church event in Dallas last April.

“It was heartbreaking. They knocked all the air out of me,” Pope said.

Wilborn had several confrontational meetings last semester when parents questioned the county after a family lawsuit allegedly revealed two young students were allegedly abused by a school bus driver.

Prosper ISD says it was unaware of Wilborn’s criminal charges prior to his arrest.

“This community has rocked the last few months,” Pope said.

The county called a special meeting Tuesday to discuss how to replace Wilborn’s now-vacant seat.

Most of the parents urged the board to let voters make decisions instead of the board appointing its next member. “Based on previous board history, we do not trust you to appoint another person to the board, as the one you appointed president has just been arrested,” one parent said.

After listening to about a dozen parents, the school board began its meeting at 6:20 pm.

As of 8:35 p.m., the board was still debating how to fill the vacant seat behind closed doors.