Flint, MI—Flint Schools’ outgoing assistant superintendent expressed concern over alleged accusations made against her by the Board of Education on the same day she submitted her resignation.
Keiona Murphy, Flint Community Schools assistant superintendent, wrote in an April 24, 2023, memo to Superintendent Kevelin Jones that she has received correspondence from the Board indicating she’s been “insubordinate or negligent” in her role.
In the memo, Murphy disputed those claims and criticized the Board for its actions and unchecked “bullying behavior.”
“These emails indicate that there is no desire to be collaborative, only to falsely condemn, based on misinformation and a lack of understanding,” Murphy wrote in the memo. “It is concerning to me that this bullying behavior has been unaddressed by Board leadership.”
Murphy went on to list five “false accusations” allegedly made against her by the Board.
Those accusations included failure to follow the Board’s direction regarding a field trip; failure to submit information about technology; failure to identify a student for an interview with an actor; ordering backpacks without approval; and refusing to attend the Board’s academic subcommittee.
Murphy disputed all claims in five separate, numbered rebuttals which included dates of correspondence on certain matters and resolution numbers to reference Board approvals for now-disputed decisions.
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