Durham Public Schools Board of Education has cancelled Superintendent Eric Becoats’ district-issued credit card following questions about his use of the card for personal business.
Becoats has –shall we say —an interesting employment history:
Becoats worked as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools assistant superintendent for planning and development until 2004, when he resigned after being accused of using district resources to conduct personal business.
In 2002, Becoats was suspended for one day without pay, docked one day of annual leave and had to repay the district $3,625 for private consulting calls he made on work time. The school system in Little Rock, Ark., had hired him to give advice on developing a student assignment plan based on parental choice, The Charlotte Observer reported at the time. He was reported to have made 17 phone calls to Little Rock numbers from his Charlotte schools office.
Between Charlotte and Durhams Becoats’ tenure at Guilford County Schools, where he eventually rose to the rank of co-interim superintendent (sharing duties with chief financial officer Sharon Ozment) between the tenures of Terry Grier and Mo Green. No reported issues surrounding Becoats during his tenure at GCS, but his actions both before and after his time here makes you wonder.
