A school board member faces charges of violating protective orders filed by members of his immediate family. 

Mark Jamison was elected to the school board in 2023. He turned in his resignation on Oct. 10, a year before his term was scheduled to end. Four days later, he was charged with four misdemeanor counts of violating ex parte protective orders that were granted against him on Sept. 29. 

Ex parte orders are short-term, 20-day protective…

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