Two Johnston County school board members nearly came to blows during a Monday special meeting where one of their colleagues was accused by investigators of violating board policy.
The school board received a report from its attorneys on a grievance that a district employee filed against school board member Michelle Antoine. The report, which Antoine had tried to block by filing a lawsuit to seal the documents, accused her of not upholding the integrity of her office during an investigation of an employee.
The often contentious meeting saw Antoine’s microphone being turned off as she accused the board of holding a “kangaroo court.” The meeting was briefly paused when board vice chair Terry Tippett and board member Ronald Johnson nearly got into a physical altercation.
“You are the most uninformed person, the most disrespected person, the most unprofessional person I’ve ever seen sit on the Board of Education or any board,” Tippett said to Antoine before turning to Johnson to tell him “don’t interrupt me right now.”
After a further exchange, Tippett got out of his seat and accused Johnson of threatening him, which Johnson denied.
Board chair Lyn Andrews put her hand on Tippett to try to calm him down.
According to the investigative report, an employee filed a grievance on May 9 accusing Antoine and a teacher of “inappropriate and unprofessional collaboration” in the filing of several allegedly false grievances during the...
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