A parent’s persistent claim that his child’s abuse was ignored drew an angry outburst from Wake County school board chair Chris Heagarty, who accused district staff of providing information that “was not accurate or true.”
Richard Bridgers has spoken at Wake County school board meetings since March to charge that the district failed to properly handle allegations that a substitute teacher assaulted his son. The handling of the case along with other issues caused Heagarty to publicly criticize the staff in North Carolina’s largest school district.
“It can often be easy to be a cheerleader, to see the good, to talk about the good, to stand up to the criticism, to refute the critics,” Heagarty said at the end of Tuesday’s board meeting. “But I’ve got to be honest. Sometimes it’s getting harder and harder to do that when in this role I am presented information that breaks public trust.”…