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Citizen’s group launches online petition in effort to remove school superintendent web posted May 28, 2009 COUNTY – A citizen’s group has started an online petition in an effort to encourage the Edgefield County School Board to terminate the contract of Edgefield County School Superintendent Dr. Mary Rice-Crenshaw. The group, spearheaded by local businessmen Charles Kemp and Jim Jackson, operate under the name “Edgefield County Citizen Taskforce Against Corruption in Education” and has launched a website with an online petition seeking Dr. Crenshaw’s removal. The petition leads off with the statement, “We the taxpayers, parents, and teachers of the Edgefield County School District (ECSD) do hereby present this petition to the Edgefield County School District Board of Trustees respectfully requesting the immediate termination of the contract of Superintendent Dr. Mary Rice-Crenshaw.” Mr. Jackson and Mr. Kemp have been steady fixtures at many recent School Board meetings asking pointed questions they say go unanswered. The wording of the petition continues, “We believe the safety and welfare of our children has been jeopardized in direct contravention and violation of the Safe Schools Act by ignoring or mishandling of violence and/or the threat of violence in our schools; the ESCD is not being effectively managed; the ESCD budget is being severely mismanaged; the employees, citizens, and parents are not being treated in a respectful manner; the teacher workforce has been coerced, intimidated, and misled into accepting to return a portion of their salary to account for budget shortfalls; the morale and work environment has been significantly undermined; the quality of education of our students has been considerably jeopardized by continuous bad decisions; the appearance and highly questionable conflict of interest between the Superintendent’s position in the ECSD and the private holdings of a company closely affiliated or associated with conducting business in this county; and more importantly, members of the Edgefield County School Board have been deceived, misinformed, and even circumvented in the adoption and promulgation of policies, procedures, and practices that are inconsistent with ensuring each citizen student is guaranteed, and receives, a quality education. Moreover, this is in direct violation of the Superintendents contractual obligations, and thus should be terminated without prejudice.” The statement ends, “We stand together with a common voice in requesting this action. The taxpayers, parents, and teachers, of the Edgefield County School District respectfully request the immediate removal of Superintendent Dr. Mary-Rice Crenshaw, for the safety of our children, the betterment of this county, our schools, the community, and the education of our children.” The online petition can be found at http://www.firecrenshaw.com/ In earlier conversations with Mr. Jackson he stated that they were aware the petition has no binding legal authority over the school board. Jackson stated they hoped to garner enough signatures in an effort to “put pressure on the school board” to vote to withdraw Cr. Crenshaw’s contract. © Copyright 2009
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