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Who Is Protecting Taxpayers?
Eric Becoats is gone. The Durham Schools Superintendent submitted his resignation effective Dec. 31. Becoats is the schools executive who used a school bus to ferry his family on a…
Eric J. Becoats
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Herald-Sun Calls For Ouster Of Durham School Superintendent Eric Becoats
It’s keystone cops time in Durham, and this Herald-Sun editorial calls for the man at the center of it — Durham Schools Superintendent Eric Becoats — to go. Becoats’ troubled…
Liberty
Incompetence all around in Durham
Everybody’s pointing fingers today after it was learned that the Durham Public Schools had a much larger reserve fund than anyone claims to have known. County commissioners say they never…
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Meanwhile in Durham…
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…
Liberty
What Is Going On In Durham Public Schools?
Parents of kids in the Durham Public Schools must be wondering why the system employs a superintendent that can’t be trusted with a public credit card. And if they aren’t…
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Report: Durham Schools Superintendent Charges $20,000 To District Credit Card In 1 Year
The Herald-Sun reports here on why the Durham school board chairwoman has called a special meeting to discuss Superintendent Eric Becoat’s credit card charges. It appears the superintendent has traveled…
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Durham School Board Chair “disturbed” by Superintendent’s Actions
Durham Schools Superintendent Eric Becoats was last in the news over his improper use of a school bus for personal activities. Now comes this. School board chairwoman Heidi Carter plans…
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Character flaw
Durham schools superintendent Dr. Eric Becoats recently was caught using a school system activity bus for personal use. He claimed he had reimbursed the system for the use of the…
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Durham Superintendent Uses School Bus To Ferry Family To The Mall
Stunning lack of judgment. From ABC 11: The Durham County School Board said Thursday it has reprimanded Superintendent Eric Becoats after an investigation showed he acted inappropriately by using a…
Liberty
The Sky Is Falling, The Sky Is Falling…Well Actually, No It’s Not
There is much moaning and groaning by the Big Education monopoly about having to become more efficient and about realizing that the days of unlimited growth in taxpayer funding are…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
DPS: We hate charter schools
Officials and school board members representing the Durham Public Schools (DPS) are fighting the expansion of existing charter schools, Kestrel Heights and Voyager, and the establishment of a new charter, Research…
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Durham School Board Passes Anti-Charter Bill Resolution
Yesterday I blogged about the Durham Public Schools Superintendent’s publicly expressed fear of public charter schools. Eric Becoats says, among many complaints, that charters “will create problems for us.” Late…