IF NECESSARY JOHNSTON WILL TAKE THE HEAT LATER!
Superintendent
Of Schools Vows To Do
What He Believes Is Right
BY SUSAN USHER
Facing perhaps his toughest dcci
?sion sincc taking the job last fall,
Brunswick County Superintendent
of Schools Ralph Johnston told
chamber of commerce members
Tuesday morning he intends to hold
firm to his principles, whatever the
consequences.
"I'd rather do what I believe is
right and ict the chips fall where
they may," he said. "I believe that if
1 do what is right, there will be
enough people who will stand with
me and support me."
If after doing what he thinks is
best, "they want to crucify me, then
so be it"
Speaking at the South Brunswick
Island Chamber of Commerce's sec
ond small business breakfast meet
ing ol the year, the superintendent
said he had spent his first nine
months here trying to build a foun
dation for excellence in education
"on rock" rather than "on sand," as
in the past, by developing with the
school board and staff a common vi
sion, a set of goals and a plan of ac
tion, along with the student disci
pline and personnel policies and
procedures needed he basis for
future changes.
Johnston tied his remarks to the
business community's interest in and
need for a good education system ?
as an essential in producing a good
work force and in making the quali
ty of life in Brunswick County more
attractive: "People do not want to
come to live and work in Brunswick
County unless there are good
schools."
He warned that while the county
is "running out of time" to make the
changes needed, that there are "no
quick fixes."
"To achieve excellence requires
change, but change in a county like
Brunswick (a former fishing and
farming community) will come
slower," he said, and quality educa
tion will require the setting of new
priorities.
"What we care about shows," he
said, "and something can be con
spicuous in its absence."
It matters that families value edu
cation, he suggested, bccausc what
children learn at home during their
preschool years "sets the tone for all
else that happens."
While the first nine months of his
administration have concentrated on
foundations, with the selection ?
possibly today (Thursday) ? of an
assistant superintendent for curricu
lum and instruction, that focus will
shift to the classroom.
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STAfF rHOTO BY SUSAN USHM
SUPERINTENDENT OE SCHOOIS Ralph Johnston (center) listens intently to United Carolina
Bank employees Robbie Davis (left) and Glenn Humbert (right) following a breakfast talk to South
Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce members at Brierwood Clubhouse in Shallotte.
"This will probably be the tough
est decision I've made in Brunswick
County," Johnston said. Since teach
ing and curriculum are the "heart" of
what the school system is about, he
continued, "This is the most critical
position that will be filled, in my
opinion it is more critical than the
superintendent's.
"My commitment to you is to
bring in the most qualified person."
Johnston has interviewed seven
candidates for the slot, five from
outside the county system and two
from within, and as of Tuesday was
still doing a final check of back
ground and references. Tonight he
planned to present just one name for
the school board to approve or dis
approve, rather than a choice of sev
eral.
His frustration apparent, Johnston
told the group, "We simply must
hire the best people, not hire some
one because they arc our brother or
our sister or be a good employment
agency and hire only Brunswick
County people."
Johnston didn't hesitate in de
scribing his last two months in
Group Sets Ba
Thirty-two Brunswick County
residents leave Wednesday, July 7,
for a weeklong mission trip to Free
port, Bahamas.
Organized by Ocean View Pente
costal Freewill Baptist Church, the
group is drawn from Ocean View,
Leuies Grove Primitive Free Will
Baptist Church, New Life Assembly
and several other churches.
While in the Bahamas, said
Dwarka Ramphal, pastor of Ocean
View, the group will present puppet
shows and a musical ministry at
Calvary Temple Assembly of God
Church and at Fellowship Union
lamas Mission
Baptist Church in Freeport.
These churches will observe the
Bahamas Independence Anniversary
Celebration Sunday, July 11, with
Ramphal as the guest speaker at
these services.
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FRANKLIN
Brunswick County as "the toughest
I've ever experienced." During that
period the pressures of unexpected
budget constraints, intensive lobby
ing by special interest groups re
garding hiring practices, and other
factors influenced pians to reorga
nize system personnel and to insti
tute a system of lead teachers.
Hiring two new principals from
outside the system and shifting a
black principal from Lincoln
Primary School to the central office
sparked opposition from the black
community and renewed concern
that the schools do not have an
"proper mix" of role models.
His talk liberally sprinkled with
Biblical references, Johnston said
that while Brunswick County has
educators who are dedicated to do
ing a good job, he said, what they
may have lacked in the past is a
leader with a vision- ? and that "a
people without a vision shall per
ish."
"Maybe that's why Ralph Johnst
on is here," he said, to help give
their efforts focus and direction.
Among his goals: to get educators
in the county's three districts talking
and working together more closely.
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