In what threatens to become an annual February event, the Custer County School Board convened an emergency meeting on Thursday night with an agenda that was clearly geared towards firing newly hired Superintendent Thom Peck. In response to the unexpected meeting, a crowd of over 100 students, teachers, parents, and community members clashed with the Board in tear-filled and often angry pleas to not fire the popular Superintendent. After one and a half hours of public comments, the Board relented and stated that it would not hold a vote on the issue that night. During the barrage of comments in support of Superintendent Peck, the Board rarely responded, claiming that they were protecting the employee rights of the Superintendent by withholding the reason they wanted…