NGHS turning into a scandal

Illegal recruiting seems to be only one part of the problem, the scandal at Northern Guilford H.S. seems to be getting worse.

And I'm unsure what's worse, the issues surrounding the investigation or the fact that no one seems to be talking. It's like everyone is adhering to a gag order, from Mo Green to Darlene Garrett to paid-by-the-hour school attorney Jill Wilson.

But one person is talking....

N&R:

GREENSBORO — Northern Guilford principal Joe Yeager and Athletics Director Derrell Force cleared boys basketball coach Stan Kowalewski of recruiting and using ineligible players in January 2008 — one month after Kowalewski paid for the men and their wives to accompany the team to a holiday basketball tournament in New York City...But e-mails released this month by school system officials as part of their current investigation shed light on that initial probe and suggest a possible conflict of interest involving Yeager and Force, two of the main investigators.

Former schools Superintendent Terry Grier, who initiated the 2007 investigation, said Thursday that he was shocked to learn of the paid trip.

“Had I known about it then, I would have stopped (the trip) immediately,” Grier said. “You can’t take a trip like that and expect to render a full, fair report.”

Northern-gate continues...

E.C. :)