Trouble continues to brew at the Natchez-Adams School District, fueled at least in part by a number of residents who seem intent on stirring the proverbial pot.

Concerned residents took their gripes to the court of public opinion this week and sought to drag along members of the Adams County Board of Supervisors.

“Why have you not spoken out against this treatment against people who have supported you in the past?” asked the head of the local NAACP chapter.

That statement seemed to have a tinge of politics in it, implying the political support may not return in the future.

In most courts, the judge or jury attempts to discern the facts. In the public court where much of the school district’s woes are being aired, however, facts can be stretched or simply ignored.

Fortunately, almost across the board the supervisors were a little too smart to get sucked into the few-facts, mostly opinion fray.

When vocal residents attempted to goad the supervisors by asking board members why they hadn’t spoken up about the recent dismissals of a number of NASD employees, supervisors wisely pointed to facts, not emotion.

“We have not been silent, but we felt like before we got into anything, we need to find out what is going on,” Supervisor Angela Hutchins said.

Supervisor Darryl Grennell pointed out that rather than have a group of residents come and complain to the supervisors, the terminated individuals needed first to appeal their dismissal to the school board.

That’s good and wise advice to suggest the proper channel for complaining about the school district is through the school board. Making the issue a political one instead of a facts-based issue will help no one.