BATON ROUGE- Connie Bernard, the embattled member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board caught on camera in a profanity-laced tirade this weekend, plans to be absent from the board’s meeting Thursday night.

WBRZ learned Bernard has advised she won’t attend. She told colleagues she had a scheduling conflict and always planned to miss the Thursday evening meeting.

Bernard apologized for the video earlier this week.

The video showed Bernard enter a neighbor’s house in a fit of rage, shouting expletives late Friday night.

Additional video showed Bernard say “The district attorney is coming.”

Tuesday, East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore acknowledged speaking with Bernard but said he is not involved – and would not interfere – in a law enforcement investigation. In fact, he said, he was not sure why he was contacted.

"She did call [Friday night], and after speaking with her I spoke with the deputy on scene and told him to proceed as he would with any other case and take whatever action is appropriate," Moore said. "That's the last I heard about it until I read the article the next morning."

Bernard and some teenagers got into an argument Friday when she went to a home in the upscale Oak Hills neighborhood off Bluebonnet where she lives and started recording what appeared to be a gathering of kids. Teenagers there asked her to leave then grabbed her hone. Video showed the group arguing with Bernard, who shouts vulgar language and is seen in the video grabbing a kid by the neck.

The adult woman who lives at the home questioned the behavior.

"If she actually had concerns that were legitimate she should have called police or done what a normal citizen would have done," Katherine Campbell said. "More than that, her aggressive behavior and complete use of foul language in front of these children, she doesn't just have any citizenship position, she has a school board position and her behavior in front of school children was absolutely appalling."

Campbell said she will press charges against Bernard and called for her to resign from the school board.

Bernard's attorney, Aidan Reynolds, said Bernard stands by the apology she issued earlier this week but declined to make her available for an interview Tuesday. He revealed she would not be available at the board meeting either since she had planned not to attend.

A school board official said Bernard alerted the board two weeks ago she would not attend this week’s meeting.

It does not appear that Bernard broke any code related to her elected position on the school board. And other board members have little control of her future.

“Methods [for removing a member] are impeachment, removal by suit and recall. Each method has a legislatively prescribed process that must be followed. The first two, impeachment and removal by suit, are not options based on current facts which leaves recall as the only remaining option. Bottom line, neither option permits a School Board to unilaterally remove a colleague,” a school district representative said about board policy.

BATON ROUGE - Three days after East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member Connie Bernard was captured on video shouting profanities at a group of teens at their house, an apology was issued through her attorney.

Katherine Campbell said Bernard entered her house on Friday night while her son and his friends were sitting in the living room.

"My children were allowed to have a few people over about 9:30," Campbell recalled. "A neighbor, who we did not know was a neighbor, walked right in without knocking, without cause and started videoing and taking pics inside the house."

At that point Bernard was asked to leave, but she became irate and placed her hands around the neck of one of the teens inside as she shouted the "f-word."

"They are excellent children," Campbell said. "They've been here numerous times. They are welcome, and polite. I have never had an issue with any of those children, and I know them well. They are great kids."

Campbell was at a meeting out-of-town when the skirmish unfolded. Now, she's planning to file a restraining order against Bernard.

"If she actually had concerns that were legitimate, she should have called police or done what a normal citizen would have done," Campbell said. "More than that, her aggressive behavior and complete use of foul language, in front of these children, she doesn't just have any citizenship position, she has a school board position and her behavior in front of school children was absolutely appalling."

Campbell wants Bernard to resign from the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board since she said her true colors came out on Friday.

"Just remove yourself," Campbell said. "You have issues. Lots of people have issues, but the issue should not be one the school board or the children have to deal with just remove yourself and deal with your issues and that would be fine with me."

You can read Bernard's full apology below: 

In response to recent news reports about an incident in my neighborhood Friday night, first, as a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, I want to offer an apology for distracting from the important work our students, educators and staff are doing.

Second, as a wife, mother and friend, I would like to apologize to my family and friends for any embarrassment and concern I may have caused them. Specifically, I would like to apologize for my language heard in that incident.

I am grateful for the outpouring of love and support from colleagues, friends and family over the weekend. I will continue to work tirelessly in service to our community and humbly ask for your prayers and support. I hope everyone understands that I am not able to comment any further on this incident. I plan to continue in my responsibilities and I will continue to work to maintain your trust and respect.

BATON ROUGE- A woman in Baton Rouge got way more than she ordered Friday when the "n-word" appeared on her receipt from Bull Chicks off of Coursey Boulevard.

"'N***a' was on my receipt," Tanya Varnadoe said. "I noticed it once I got home, and it was shocking to me."

Varnadoe said she immediately got back into her car and drove back to the restaurant to see what was going on.

"We asked him why he would put this on a receipt and he said it was a joke," Varnadoe said. "This is a black-owned company."

Varnadoe said a worker told her that one of the people in the kitchen missed pickles on two orders before hers, so the person taking orders put "pickles n****a" on the instructions. Varnadoe said this being a black-owned business makes this situation even worse.

"It does not give them a free pass to put n***a on anyone's receipt, or do it in the workplace," Varnadoe said.

At Bull Chicks Monday, the owner was sincerely sorry.

"What happened was one of our employees, he's a black young male was goofing around on the register on Friday night," Owner Brent Ramsey said. "He typed in pickles n***a and sent it back to a white sandwich maker. Unfortunately, that ticket went out on the bag to a customer."

Ramsey said on behalf of the employee involved and his business, he is sincerely sorry to Varnadoe and whoever else this may have offended.

"That employee was taken off shift," Ramsey said. "That employee had their salary reduced because we give out tips. That employee is sorrier than anyone. He is beating himself up over this situation."

Ramsey said although he's already apologized to Varnadoe, he wanted her to know how sorry he was again.

"If Ms. Tanya is watching this, we apologize sincerely," Ramsey said. "On Facebook, she was asking for a public apology. I hope this fits for her."

Varnadoe said she has contacted an attorney, but hasn't made any definitive decisions on what she'll do next.