A group of residents were left scratching
their heads Thursday after the McIntosh
County Board of Education declined to
suspend three school officials who were arrested for allegedly not reporting suspected
sexual abuse of students by a former high...
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A group of residents were left scratching
their heads Thursday after the McIntosh
County Board of Education declined to
suspend three school officials who were arrested for allegedly not reporting suspected
sexual abuse of students by a former high
school teacher.
Following a called executive session to
discuss personnel issues that lasted about
45 minutes, the board reconvened long
enough for Chairwoman Bonnie Caldwell
to make a motion to indefinitely suspend
Superintendent Tina Kirby, Assistant Superintendent of Facilities Larry Day and
McIntosh County Academy Principal Terrance Haywood.
None of the other four members of the
board seconded the motion.
Kirby, who was released Wednesday on
her own recognizance, was sitting at her
normal place at the semi-circle shaped table
with the board.
“The motion dies for lack of a second,”
Caldwell said. “The meeting is adjourned.”
Caldwell offered no further comment.
Many of the more than 30 residents in attendance were unhap
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