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Threat of lawsuit over elections of Fox Creek School Board continues web posted June 23, 2009 MERRIWETHER – The threat of a lawsuit over school board elections at Fox Creek Charter High School continues to gain momentum as board of directors’ candidate Suzie Stewart continues to call the election “invalid” and says her attorney calls it “illegal”. As EdgefieldDaily.com reported earlier this month, Stewart’s attorney informed the Charter School they were in violation of their own By-Laws in the way the election was conducted. Mrs. Stewart said neither she nor her attorney has heard back from the Fox Creek Charter High School concerning their challenge. “They just deferred to the (Edgefield) County (School District) attorney, who is Greg Anderson, and haven’t heard anything,” Mrs. Stewart said. Attorney Greg Anderson represents the Edgefield County School District, not the Fox Creek Charter High School, which operates as an independent school under a 501(3) C which has their own board of directors and their own legal representation. Mrs. Stewart said she was unsure of why Mr. Anderson was involved in the matter other than Edgefield County School Superintendent Dr. Mary Rice-Crenshaw was also sent a copy of the letter challenging the election. Mrs. Stewart said she spoke with Edgefield County School Board Chairwoman Sallie Cooks at the Fox Creek graduation on June 4 about the matter and Mrs. Cooks said she would follow up on the non-response from the earlier communication the next day. “We’ve not heard anything still,” Stewart said Monday. A request has been filed to appear before the Fox Creek School Board at their meeting this coming Monday, June 29, at 6 pm, by Mrs. Stewart, though she said she fears they will deny her request to appear and speak. One important point of the election Stewart is focused on is, “If they can’t follow their own rules, that they have written, I don’t know how they expect us to entrust them to teach our children to follow rules.” Mrs. Stewart said that the way the elections were held it, “denied a lot of parents the right to vote. A lot of parents weren’t representing in these elections at all.” Mrs. Stewart also contends that Fox Creek Principal Tim Murph used his position and authority to campaign against her. Stewart said that if she is forced to file a lawsuit to resolve the issue she would do so. “If I have to file a lawsuit I will certainly file a lawsuit. I hate to have to do that because if I have to go to that extreme,” Stewart said, “I’m going to focus on more than these board elections.” One such instance was a reference that former Edgefield County School Board member Scott Chitty used his office as a Fox Creek School Board member to campaign for his election to the County School Board. “He (Chitty) made those phone calls to me from his office there at the school asking me to do that (campaign)”, Stewart said. If true, the activity would be in violation of Federal laws concerning non-profit organizations being involved in general elections. At this time the accusations made by Mrs. Stewart represent only one side of the story and attempts are being made to obtain comments from Fox Creek Charter High School, Edgefield County School District Attorney Greg Anderson, and District Superintendent Dr. Crenshaw. © Copyright 2009
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