The Benton Harbor School Board has reaffirmed its support for Superintendent Dr. Shelly Walker. At Thursday’s meeting, Treasurer James Turner proposed a vote of confidence in Walker and it passed. The move came after last week’s vote by the board not to fire suspended High School Principal Rodger Tripplett. Turner told us the suspension of Tripplett has been a controversy, and it’s unfortunate Walker has been blamed by some for it.
“It’s not just what happened last week,” Turner said. “Meanwhile, she’s got to get right back to the classroom and work, and she’s just a tremendous leader,” Turner said.
Turner said that the district didn’t even have a curriculum when Walker came on board, and now it does. He added that she spends 75% of her time with her team in the schools working with the kids. The board’s vote of confidence in Walker was unanimous.
