Charleston NAACP threatens to pull support for Superintendent McGinley

The leader of the Charleston NAACP has threatened to call for School Superintendent Nancy McGinley’s ouster for the way minority administrators, teachers and students are being treated in Charleston County schools.

Dot Scott, president of the Charleston NAACP, is waiting to take a position until after she’s talked with McGinley about her concerns, but she said Wednesday that McGinley’s latest decision to name Dan Conner as the interim principal at Garrett Academy is a last straw.

“... these decisions never seem to be based on what’s best for these minority children,” Scott said. “That should be the litmus test. As long as I can believe you’re going to do the best thing for all of the children, you’ve got my support. But she has lost it.”

McGinley said she wouldn’t respond to intimidation or threats, and it’s unfortunate when allegations are made from perception instead of facts.

“They can do what they choose,” she said. “I’m doing what I think is the right thing, and I’ll stand on my track record. I absolutely make decisions in the best interest of students.”

Read more in Thursday’s editions of The Post and Courier.