Letter: No awards for the school board

During the last nine months, a recent letter writer has apparently been viewing a totally different Beaufort County Board of Education and superintendent than I have. I don’t believe there is any objective evidence that the board deserves an award. And I certainly wouldn’t agree that the board has “watched to see that (superintendent Jeff) Moss is directing his work towards the goals they set out for him.”

As expressed by many people, the conduct and actions of the superintendent have been extremely self-serving. And, to add insult to injury, a majority of the board has continued to protect him, not publicly condemn his actions and, in fact, has rewarded him for these actions.

In my opinion, the majority of the board has been highly dysfunctional, also self-serving, and not interested in the complete facts seeing the light of day.

So, rather than the board and Moss deserving an award, they need to continuously hear the public complaints about their performances. And it should be highly understandable why the numerous critics might, at this point, be “angry citizens.”

We are only interested in a board and superintendent who demonstrate by their actions that they are 100 percent committed to superior education for all of the students in Beaufort County. And, in my opinion, that hasn’t been the case.

This story was originally published April 15, 2016 at 5:14 PM with the headline "Letter: No awards for the school board."