RFP Staff
♦ Several Salisbury High School parents and Salisbury High personnel contacted the RFP this weekend about the recent story about Salisbury, N.C.’s D-rated Salisbury High School. They offered us the straight dope on the recent wrist slap suspensions of Principal Luke Brown (3 days suspension with pay–basically a vacation) and Assistant Principal Michelle Taylor (2 days suspension without pay). Deeply involved in this story is Shaleek Williams, the basketball player shot last year at Salisbury High and who wound up striking a North Rowan High School player, triggering the bench clearing incident that short-circuited both Salisbury and North Rowan High School’s playoff aspirations.
The February 10th 2015 RFP Article: “Student Shot at Salisbury High. Williams Sent Home. Da Juan Russell Arrested”
Student Shot at Salisbury High. Williams Sent Home. Da-Juan Russell Arrested
Sources among parents and school personnel revealed the basketball player Shaleek Williams was allegedly caught sometime in early February engaged in inappropriate behavior with a female student inside Salisbury High. In order not to lose Williams for any post-season basketball playoff games, Assistant Principal Taylor allegedly decided that discipline for his inappropriate behavior be delayed. Principal Luke Brown allegedly agreed with her plan. On Thursday February 11th the Principal and assistant principal met with Shaleek Williams and his mother at Salisbury High to discuss a brief suspension (3 or 4 days) for Shaleek to start the following Monday. Had the punishment begun immediately as policy allegedly dictates, he would have been eligible to play during his period of out of school suspension.
The following evening on February 12th a bench clearing episode broke out after Shaleek Williams allegedly cuffed a North Rowan Player on the neck. It’s said Moody became upset that administrators veered from written policy by treating a student athlete as special or different. Moody allegedly became disenchanted with Luke Brown circumventing the chain of command by talking with parents, attorneys, and boosters to enlist their help to reverse the decision by sports officials at the state level. The entire series of incidents makes it appear that RSSS is more concerned with its student athletic programs, than with academics.
A tempest in a tea pot.