It was recently discovered NHCS Board of Education Chairman Don Hayes was on the Board of Directors for the corporation Young
Women Leading Inc., a proposed all girl charter school. According to reports, the
corporation will seek to use New Hanover County Schools' resources, such as the their school buses, for the operation of
the proposed all girl school. Using those school resources would come at a cost, and that cost
would have to be negotiated with the Board of Education. Since Hayes is a member of the Board of Education, it is generally considered inappropriate for him to also sit on the Board of Directors for a corporation while that corporation
is seeking to negotiate contracts with the school system. Hayes' dual
role would be considered a conflict of interest.
