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Rockingham County Schools superintendent could keep his job, reverse firing
Dr. Rodney Shotwell filed a lawsuit in Rockingham County Superior Court so a judge can decide if his firing was legal. Author: Miles Moraitis Updated: 12:24 PM EST March 13, 2021
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. Dr. Rodney Shotwell of Rockingham County Schools could keep his job as superintendent. The Board voted to fire him back in December 2020. Dr. Shotwell took that decision to court on Wednesday, just two days before his scheduled final day on the job.
Shotwell filed a complaint and a temporary restraining order. The presiding Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the restraining order, stating the Rockingham County Schools Board of Education cannot officially end Shotwell s contract until the Court makes further orders. The judge also stated Shotwell is likely to succeed on the merits of his claims .
It s just disappointment on top of disappointment | Vaccine problems continue across the Triad
With coronavirus vaccines in short supply to counties and hospitals across the state, some worry they will have to wait months to get their shots. Author: Grace Holland Updated: 11:16 PM EST January 25, 2021
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Limited coronavirus vaccine supplies are causing headaches for people trying to get appointments.
Cone Health and a handful of Triad counties will not get vaccine shipments at all this week.
Thousands who thought they had appointments through Cone Health are scrambling to book new ones. Some are finding out they will have to wait longer than they hoped for to get their first dose.
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EDEN â Hundreds of Rockingham County residents are piercing their lawns with signs that read Bring Back Dr. S Â â a show of support for recently ousted Rockingham County Schools Superintendent Rodney Shotwell.
And a grassroots coalition of parents, teachers and members of the local NAACP chapter and county Democratic Party have launched a movement with protests and a 1,500-signature petition calling for the longtime district head s reinstatement. The students are shocked. The parents are outraged. The teachers are stunned and their morale has dropped, said Mary ED Ryan, a mother of a 16-year-old Rockingham Early College High School student who spoke at a Wednesday demonstration in Reidsville in support of Shotwell.
WENTWORTH â The Rockingham County Board of Education voted 4-3 after a closed session Monday night to fire Rodney Shotwell, longtime superintendent for the 25-school district and a former North Carolina Superintendent of the Year.
By Wednesday night, nearly 1,000 Rockingham County parents and community members had signed an online petition calling for Shotwell s reinstatement. And leaders of the county s NAACP announced a Friday press conference at which they are expected to denounce the board s discharge of Shotwell.
The board gave Shotwell, who has overseen the district s $130 million budget and piloted a hybrid system through the pandemic, 90 days notice, but no reason for his dismissal during the open session of Monday night s meeting, a video recording of the meeting showed.