Trustee Allen Langley:
Trustee Allen Langly term runs out this month. Langley was appointed by former Republican Governor Pat McCrory and present Democrat Governor Roy Cooper would never re-appoint a Republican. But the NC General Assembly is changing the way these Boards are appointed. However, Trustee Langley has publicly been quoted as not believing the allegations made regarding many of the problems at CCC and supports President Thornburg, thus getting caught up in hearing only one side of the story. We are supposing Trustee Langley regrets being forced to continue to support the status quo because of his previous statements made in the context of one sided information. Trustee Langley is also leading an investigation committee and his term will run out before the next Board of Trustees Meeting.
We believe Allen Langley will not be re-appointed to the CCC Board of Trustees and that his votes in support of Thornburg and his term in office running out before his committee work is finished has and will further delay the Board of Trustees in taking the obvious actions that are needed to straighten out the mess at CCC. Otherwise, Trustee Langley has most likely learned his lesson about trusting one sided information and once this mess at CCC is cleaned up, an appointment on the CCC Board of Trustees would be in order.
Trustee June Yarboro:
Trustee Yarboro’s term in office also expires this month. Trustee Yarboro was appointed by the Cleveland County School Board who expects her to support the School Board as they too are caught up in CCC related scandals. The NC General Assembly is wisely changing state law to eliminate the school board from appointing CCC Board of Trustee members as there is an obvious conflict of interest there. Trustee Yarboro has supported the status quo at CCC.
We believe Trustee June Yarboro will not be re-appointed to the CCC Board of Trustees because the NC General Assembly Republican majority will not re-appoint a Democrat. We also believe that Trustee Yarboro’s failure to support the necessary cleansing action necessary at CCC has delayed resolving the many scandals swirling around CCC and CCS.
Trustee Lamont Littlejohn:
Trustee Lamont Littlejohn’s term ends in 2020. Like Trustee June Yarboro, Littlejohn was appointed by the CCS School Board and is expected to cover for the School Board in all these scandals. Littlejohn was also caught up in a planned scheme by the school board to dissolve the so called “Diversity Team” and reconstitute a new Diversity Team that left out those members who questioned why the CCS School Board was not doing what their policies said they wood do. The new Team, formed for the purpose of covering up, included Littlejohn. We expect Rev. Littlejohn will always vote to maintain the status quo at CCC and also vote to cover-up and delay resolving the obvious problems at CCC and CCS as well.
We consider Board of Trustee members like Lamont Littlejohn, who has three more years in office as a Trustee, represents a continuing impediment to resolving the scandals at CCC and CCS. We recommend the NC General Assembly, while they are at it in eliminating the School Board from appointing CCC Trustees, to also get rid of all the Trustees that have already been appointed by the school board. Otherwise the scandals and mess will continue at CCC for years to come.
