Advertisement School board member charged with harassment, menacing Andrew Brockway is outspoken in public posts on his Facebook page about his disagreements with the school board president and superintendent.

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A Beekmantown School Board member has been arrested and charged with menacing and harassment.The Clinton County Sheriff's Office said Andrew Brockway, 37, of Plattsburgh, was arrested Thursday night.Deputies said he was charged with menacing and harassment after an incident at a Beekmantown School Board meeting on Tuesday night.In a statement released Friday afternoon, the school board said it issued a letter of apology to the community for Brockway's actions.The statement said Brockway "engaged in threatening/menacing/harassing behavior toward fellow Board members and the Superintendent of Schools. "He also made false, baseless statements in public setting impacting many in attendance."School Board President Cathy Buckley said Brockway's actions were abnormal.“Mr. Brockway’s actions were completely unacceptable," Buckley said in a statement.The context of his comments were not disclosed.The statement said Beekmantown Superintendent Daniel Mannix was one of the targets of Brockway's comments.“I share the sentiment of the Board president and vice president who expressed ‘appreciation for the dedication and hard work of the Superintendent, the administrators, teachers and staff of the District.' I also commend the Board of Education members who volunteer their time to support the best educational opportunities for the students of the Beekmantown Central School District, and refuse to be distracted from their service as public officers,” Mannix said. “Beekmantown has shown tremendous growth which is a reflection of the hard working team.”The statement said the apology letter was shared with Beekmantown staff and made available to the school community, but it was not sent to NBC5.Brockway is a Plattsburgh lawyer who briefly represented corrections officer Gene Palmer after his arrest during the 2015 prison escape of convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora.Brockway was elected the Beekmantown School Board in 2013 and re-elected in July 2018, according to the board's website.Brockway is outspoken in public posts on his Facebook page about his disagreements with the school board president and superintendent.He claimed in a December post that Buckley and Mannix "waste tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on needless litigation and investigations."On Tuesday night's board meeting agenda was the question of whether to approve the employment contract of a school business manager with a $97,500 annual salary.Brockway posted on Facebook in December that he was against the move.Brockway was arraigned in Beekmantown court and pleaded not guilty.He was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court on a later date.Brockway told NBC5 he would not comment on his arrest or the allegations made against him."Mr. Brockway is a respected member of the legal community and as such understands that because this is an ongoing investigation, any comment at this time is inappropriate," Brockway's attorney Matthew Favro said.