At the end of this very short article you will find an official video recording of the “Citizens Participation” part of the December 12, 2016 School Board meeting. The recording shows School Board Member Jo Boggs being exposed as a bald faced liar and other Board members are severely chastised by a student’s grandparents for CCS unduly exposing their grandchild to unnecessary danger regarding a school bus stop issue. Jo Boggs and the other Board members chastised offer no denial or explanation whatsoever for their lies and stupidity in exposing a child to unnecessary danger.
But, first, some facts:
1. As of December 19, 2016 there are 276 registered sexual offenders in Cleveland County. Compared to our population this is almost twice the national average for sexual offenders. Several of those registered sexual offenders were CCS teachers prior to caught. This number does not count the unregistered sexual offenders whose criminal acts were not caught or were covered-up by high level CCS officials.
2. Remember the murder of Brenda Sue Brown over 40 years ago, the disappearance of Asha Degree about 17 years ago and the boy reported missing by the Star just last week. Bad things happen only when no one is watching. And CCS does not do much watching. Most of those CCS sex offenders were caught by the student’s mother calling law enforcement directly instead of CCS calling law enforcement. Not even one case has been investigated by the do-nothing CCS Board although state law gives the school board that authority.
3. CCS is responsible for the safety of children riding to and from school on school buses. Three pedestrians have been killed along Cleveland County roads this year, the last one being this past Sunday-a week before Christmas. No state law prevents school buses picking up from and delivering students to safe locations when the student’s safety or a physical handicap is in question. No matter what bald faced lie comes out of Jo Boggs’s mouth. Same for Donnie Thurman, Jeff Jones, Kathy Falls, Shearra Miller, Richard Hooker, Roger Harris and Phillip Glover.
In this case the parents and grandparents of a student have requested that the child be picked up by the CCS school bus in the morning at the parent’s home and be dropped off on the same cul-du-sac at the nearby (but out of sight of the mother’s home) grandparent’s home in the afternoon because the parents won’t be home until after 5 PM. CCS has done this for five other grandchildren and others for a period of over 30 years. Now, CCS Board member Jo Boggs tells the grandparents that it is “illegal” for CCS to do this. The rest of the CCS School Board illegally took this simple school bus policy issue discussion behind closed doors, in violation of state law, to secretly vote to uphold a stupid decision by CCS administration to place the child in danger by moving his place to get on and off of the school bus to a dangerous location on a busy highway-NC 226. No North Carolina or Federal law prevents CCS from doing what the parents and grandparents have requested.
The student in question is the grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Scruggs, a Deacon at Elizabeth Baptist Church and well respected in the community. The Scruggs’s take the safety of their grandchildren and all children very seriously. It is a shame that the School Board does not take the safety of CCS students as a serious issue. It is also a shame that Jo Boggs and the other School Board members accused in this video do not feel obliged to answer to the citizens of Cleveland County when they are accused of telling bald faced lies and supporting those who have told bald faced lies.
Note that only School Board member Danny Blanton has been trying to assist the Scruggs’ in their quest for justice in this matter. Danny Blanton is up for re-election this coming year and every right-thinking voter in Cleveland County must step up and put Mr. Blanton back onto the School Board in 2017, as well as any other candidate that will support Danny Blanton on the School Board. Stay tuned for more details on this situation as well as the 2017 Election for the Cleveland County School Board.
Watch below for what happened at the December 12th school board meeting. The next thing that is likely to happen is a Court case. With taxpayers paying for eight CCS Board members stupidity and their lawyer bills too.