A Star News letter to the
editor from a UNCW Professor criticized the NHCS Board of Education. In
response, New Hanover County School Superintendent Dr. Tim Markley fired an
email to UNCW stating, “I have a school board that is very irate about the
email below. So irate they are considering not signing the PD agreement that
Summer presented yesterday.” There’s just one problem. The NHCS Board of
Education had not been taken a position on the professors email, nor had they discussed not signing the PD agreement....
Email
jeopardizes relationship between UNCW and NHC Schools
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) ......Board member Lisa Estep took
issue with Superintendent Markley reaching out to UNCW on behalf of the board.
“I have an issue with presenting the entire board as being prepared not to sign
the agreement. First, no one consulted me to ask my opinion on the letter, nor
did I offer one; second, at no time did I indicate I was not going to vote for
the PD agreement over one rogue letter from one professor,” Estep explained in
an email. “Instead of sending an email characterizing the board as 'irate',
would it not have been more professional to initiate a discussion first with
ALL board members to make sure we were on the same page and then with UNCW?”.....
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