Maybe I’m weird, but I found it ironic that N&R ed page editor Allen Johnson’s analysis of outgoing GCS Superintendent Terry Grier’s salary appears on the same page as an editorial praising the “Cosby Kids” initiative, especially since Johnson was more than likely the author of the editorial.
N.C. A&T Chancellor Stanley Battle is getting most of the credit for the Cosby Kids initiative, mostly due to his status as an FOC — Friend of Cos. But Grier was right there with Battle:
With GTCC President Don Cameron and Guilford County Schools Superintendent Terry Grier by his side, Battle announced last week the launch of a new initiative, aptly named “Cosby Kids.”
The program will pair 360 minority fourth-, sixth- and eighth-graders with volunteer mentors and enroll them in an after-school academic program at A&T.
As Battle sees it, the sooner the better in preparing more children for success in grade school. Then college. Then fruitful careers.
Battle hinted in a late-July interview that he was working on “something that I think people will be very excited about.”
“I can say that I’ve talked to my good friend Bill Cosby,” he added, “and he will be coming here to help us with some things. This initiative will really reach back to children who are in grade school … and we’re going to push them.”
I guess that’s why Grier makes the big bucks — so he can help oversee government funded initiatives that will — as the editorial states — solve just about every problem the school system faces. I’d also be willing to be that Battle’s salary comes with some nice perks, too.
