School board meeting minutes from the last 2 years

C. I like the choice because it expresses the past and at the same time uses a participle that complements "has led." I thought about the use of "were," but do not like the parallel between it and the participle "has led." If D said "led" rather than "has led," I would choose D.

agree with D. over the last 2 years is a complet action in the past.

I'm inclined towards E.
...culture of partisanship, backstabbing and fighting...

OA is D.

Explanation:
Recognize the errror being tested:
Verbs: When there are two or more time frames in a sentence be alert for verb errors being tested. In this case there are the time periods where the members had the minutes and the period where they 'were part of the culture.'

Decide On a Fix:
The rule for this form of the Verb error is that the time frames must be made clear through the use of words tha tindicate time and/or through use of the have + verb form with one of the verbs.

Because the have + verb form is used with the verb 'led' the other verb should not use this form.

POE:
Because E repeat sthe verb error it , as well as A should be eliminated.

Chunk and Compare:
B and C both use had + verb which is the Past Perfect versus D which uses the simple past.

Since the past perfect is not appropiate here eliminate B and C.