Why Should Delaware Care?Community members have increasingly grown concerned about a lack of transparency after Jeff Lawson, the stepson of Brandywine Superintendent Lisa Lawson, was named as the new principal of Concord High School without the position being publicly posted. While the district says the position was based on an internal transfer and did not require external posting, the decision raises concerns around nepotism.
Earlier this month, Brandywine School District Superintendent Lisa Lawson named her stepson as the new principal of Concord High School in the north Wilmington suburbs.
What followed was a wave of outrage from students and parents who claimed the promotion was a case of nepotism that caused qualified candidates to be “shut out” from the sought-after job…