The Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution supporting the Say Yes to Education initiative. Commissioners approved the resolution by a 6-3 vote following what the High Point Enterprise described as a “contentious and tense debate.”
Before passing the resolution, commissioners scolded the Say Yes advocates for not being as upfront with them from the outset when the campaign was unveiled in February. Republican Commission Chairman Hank Henning of High Point said the board was being brought in “at the end of the process” when the members should have been informed all along.
Democratic Commissioner Kay Cashion of Greensboro agreed, saying that her first substantive conversation on Say Yes took place during the work session.
Guilford County Schools Superintendent Mo Green pledged better communication going forward.
Lack of communication on Say Yes was the complaint from the High Point City Council before it passed a resolution supporting Say Yes.
The Republican-majority commission approved the resolution only after including a compromise that Say Yes organizers would “remain in a dialogue about including charter school students at some point in the future.”
