Breaking News!! Breaking News!!! December 14, 2020 School Board Meeting Moved to LeGrand Center!!! Meeting to START at 5:00 PM!!! Board Member Phillip Glover to be forced to Resign!!?? Recommend filling Glover vacancy on Board by appointing Samantha Davis!!! –Report by Robert A. Williams

Folks, my last article stated that the December 14, 2020 School Board meeting would be at the Central Services and begin at 6:00 PM. This information is now updated to say that the December 14, 2020 School Board Meeting will be held at the LeGrand Center and will begin at 5:00PM. I suggest all you folks that want to witness and celebrate the beginning of a new era at Cleveland County Schools come a bit early to assure that you will be able to find a seat.

Also, I have attached a copy of the December 14, 2020 agenda at the end of this article for your convenience. Note that the “OLD” Board prepared this agenda, but after the “NEW” School Board majority of Joel Shores, Robert Queen, Ron Humphries, Greg Taylor and Rodney Fitch are sworn in early in the meeting, they will be able to (and should) amend the agenda as they see fit.

One reason I mention this is School Board Policy 2110 Board Member Elections (UPDATED) is approved, paragraph two of “Qualifications” states that “Any person elected or appointed to the Board and also employed by the Board must resign his or her employment before taking office as a member of the Board.”

Incumbent School Board Member Phillip “Bully” Glover is presently employed as a “private” Driver’s Education teacher and because CCS Superintendent Stephen Fisher has allowed three Driver’s Education teachers to retire without replacing them with new teachers, Driver’s Education students have been required to take their driver’s training from Glover. Such unethical (and probably illegal) practices as this are probably just one of many instances where Superintendent Fisher has abused his position as CCS Superintendent to pad the pockets of a school board member. And certainly, raises the fact that Board Member Phillip Glover should be forced to resign immediately. I would suggest that the new School Board majority immediately appoint Samantha Davis to fill the vacancy left by the departure of Phillip Glover from the School Board.