Rachel Heaton covers education in Beaufort County. She is an Oklahoma native and Missouri transplant. She graduated from the University of Missouri and previously worked at a local news website in suburban St. Louis. | The Beaufort County Board of Education will meet at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the school district offices, 3200 Mink Point Blvd in Beaufort.
The school board’s agenda says it will meet in executive session to discuss a personnel matter. Chairman Fred Washington, Jr. said he anticipated the extended leave of H.E. McCracken Middle School principal Phillip Shaw would be discussed. Other issues might be discussed, too, he said.
Washington said he was not sure whether the board would come out of executive session in order to take action on any issues.
Shaw has been on leave since early November. District officials have declined to say why he is gone, citing employee privacy.
Here's previous stories we've written on Shaw's leave:
McCracken principal says leave a cover-up for ongoing problems with school counselor
Police close investigation of 'unauthorized' McCracken Middle account
'Unauthorized' McCracken Middle bank account was PTO's
Beaufort County School District discovers unauthorized McCracken Middle bank account
Beaufort County School District: McCracken Middle School principal to return soon
McCracken Middle School principal on leave