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Citizens group seeks investigation of School Superintendent web posted April 28, 2009 COUNTY – According to documents obtained by EdgefieldDaily.com, a citizen’s group is asking for an investigation of Edgefield County School Superintendent Dr. Crenshaw due to her association to a grant writing company she founded, M.K. Inc., also known as Mama’s Kids Inc., that is alleged to have been involved in grant writing in Edgefield County that benefited the company she founded and presides as President, according to the documents discovered. “Of great concern to the citizens of this County is that Dr. Mary Rice-Crenshaw is using her position as the Superintendent to direct to her own company, grant research and/or evaluation services for various schools in the district to which she has or has had a close working relationship,” the document obtained read. Although no formal investigation has been confirmed, the group named as the complainants is listed as the Edgefield County Citizen Task Force Against Corruption in Education, with an address of PO Box 312, Edgefield, SC, 29824. In a Freedom of Information request (FOIA) dated April 4, the group sought documents, which were not available at the time of this report, for associations regarding Superintendent Dr. Crenshaw under a slew of aliases and the school district. “Of great concern to the citizens of this County is that Dr. Mary Rice-Crenshaw is using her position as the Superintendent to direct to her own company, grant research and/or evaluation services for various schools in the district to which she has or has had a close working relationship. From what we can see, her company also employs relatives,” one of the documents obtained read. According to the documents obtained, the group is seeking an investigation by the State Ethics Commission. The documents represent only one side of the complaint. The names of the two leaders of the group, Jim Jackson of Merriwether - the owner of a private investigation firm, and Charles Kemp, an Edgefield business owner, were listed as contact points for the group according to the documents obtained. According to the documents obtained by EdgefieldDaily.com, copies were sent to Mark Sanford, Governor, Secretary of State, South Carolina Department of Education, State of South Carolina Molly Spearman, South Carolina Association of School Administrators, The Augusta Chronicle, The Citizen News, The North Augusta Star, and EdgefieldDaily.com. © Copyright 2009
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