TWIN LAKES — Lakewood School Board president Steve Dunn refuted claims Monday the district plans to reorganize or consolidate administrative staff.

Parents spoke out at Monday’s School Board meeting, throwing their support behind the administration and claiming the atmosphere at the school has changed as a result of micro-management by the board.

Some comments are based on a rumor the board is considering changing or reducing the three-member administrative team at the school.

“I don’t understand where that is coming from,” Dunn said after the meeting. “If we are (considering reducing the administrative staff) I’m not aware of it. There is no substance to that.”

Parent Mark Dull said he believes the school environment has changed because Administrator Rebecca Vail “is limited in running the school the way she has in the past” by the board.

This alleged limitation, what others refer to as a circumvention of the administration by the board, is linked to the Process Improvement Committee.

The goal of this committee — to evaluate established processes in order to continually improve the functionality of the district — was reaffirmed by the board Monday. It also voted to increase the number of people on the committee to include two more staff members and one community member or other stakeholder.

“It seems this is causing a problem,” committee facilitator and School Board member Kathy Ticha said in recommending the new membership. “Our only interest is in this school we all love and the children who go here.”

Some believe the topics the committee gets into are issues that should be left up to administration, such as reorganization of the office staff.

In this case, no secretaries’ duties were changed; they were only moved to different areas of the building to improve efficiency.

Such concern over day-to-day operation is what some say is causing an atmosphere of mistrust and is upsetting the chain of command at the school.

Vail is not a member of the Process Improvement committee. Instead, she is a sixth voice in the final decision-making with the five-member board.

“I am not a part of the process until the very last drop of the hat,” Vail said Monday, adding it would be nice to be part of the process all along.

Committee members said she will be invited to attend all meetings, which Vail said would be “a step.”

Vail also suggested the committee use the expertise of the administration to help it explore the issues that come before it.