If nothing else, the lawsuit filed by the parents of two former Northern Guilford High School basketball sheds some light on Guilford County Schools’ investigative techniques:
Daylong stakeouts. Interviews with landlords and neighbors. Voting records. Utility bills. Even online videos. No scrap of information seemed too small for school system investigators, who ultimately ruled the Nighthawks used two ineligible players — a ruling that was later used to strip the team of its championship.
Note that GCS attorney Jill Wilson “declined to talk about the nature of the investigation.” I know I sound like a broken record here, but a lawsuit is probably the only the public is going to find out why Northern custodian Louis Lawson was fired.
Investigating athletics violations should be easier now that Superintendent Mo Green has set up a whistleblower hotline.
