Thread by @stephenehorn

1/ @chccs superintendent Nyah Hamlett will be moving to her next DEI position after a scandal-ridden term

Hamlett was discovered to have plagiarized in her doctoral dissertation, and she's facing a lawsuit for "maliciously" using the court system against critics
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2/ Hamlett came to North Carolina from the Loudoun County, VA

Months after her departure as Chief of Staff, the school district was embroiled in a scandal when it attempted to cover-up the rape of at least two female students by a skirt-wearing male

3/ In Loudoun Co. they had the father of one of the victims arrested

Hamlett's administration merely filed reports with two different police departments based solely on critical emails and social media posts by a parent

Carrboro Police found there was "no criminal violation"

4/ Although @KevinKlosty and his son initially took issue in 2022 with the school's post-COVID-19 reopening policies

Hunter, who had been elected Student Body Vice-President in his senior year, was vocal in criticizing the administration, both directly and on social media

5/ According to the complaint, Hunter was even called into a "combative and tense" meeting with his principal asking him to "tone down his social media rhetoric", but not specifying anything specific "that was wrong or that was abusive in any way"

6/ Things escalated when a plagiarism investigation by @newsobserver revealed "35 examples of nearly word-for-word paragraphs" Hamlett's doctoral dissertation

E.g. she not only lifted multiple sentences from a government report, but inserted unrelated fake references

7/ The reaction was nearly textbook for a DEI academic accused of plagiarism; the @chccs board, who hired Hamlett in part due to her "focus on equity", was quick to come to her defense

And "anti-racists" got 700 signatures on a letter defender her as a "Black leader" who was "experiencing the same disrespect, low expectations, and suspicions that Black students have experienced for decades"

8/ (as a side-note, the topic of the dissertation in question involved "Social Emotional Learning" which has been described as "neo-Communist brainwashing")

9/ At his graduation, Hunter called his principal "a very stupid man"; when Hamlett declined to give him the fist bump offered to the rest of the graduating class, he called her a "plagiarizing b****"

(according to the complaint, he now "regrets allowing his emotions to get the best of him on graduation day and for profanely addressing CHCCS administrators and Defendant.")

10/ In response to the incident, Hamlett began her commencement address with a jibe transparently directed at the Klostys and a quip about "citation errors"

11/ Kevin approached Hamlett afterwards, letting her know an "investigation [would] begin"

A police report she requested concluded that "at no point during the interactions at the Smith Center did Hunter or Kevin Klosty exhibit any criminal behavior"

12/ Five days after the graduation, school administration held a meeting where the incident was discussed, including what "consequences" could be imposed on Hunter post-graduation, including potentially "retracting[ing] college recommendations"

The meeting concluded that a "no trespass" order would be "[held] for now", as Hunter "[hadn't] done anything to the Principal or on school property; just name calling and false statements on social media", but that a "no contact order may help"

13/ The next day, Hamlett filed for no-contact orders against both Kevin and Hunter

Although she referenced emails and social media posts as "harassment", as well as Kevin "smirk[ing]" at her, she provided no evidence as to any threats made by either of the two

14/ Hamlett received temporary orders ex-parte orders against the pair, without them having an opportunity to respond

The two were prohibited from contacting her, posting about her on social media, or setting foot on any CHCCS property

15/ The first judge Kevin saw presiding over the case at a hearing had been a member of the school board when Hamlett was hired

She recused herself, and the case was assigned to one of the judges in Chatham (the other county in the judicial district)
thisweekinthetriangle.com/p/plagiarizing…

16/ Just before the first in-person hearing at which Hunter and Kevin would have had the chance to present evidence and argue against the orders, Hamlett voluntarily dismissed the complaints "without prejudice", meaning they could be refiled in the future

17/ The Klostys' lawsuit alleges malicious prosecution, that Hamlett "out of a motive of ill will, spite, grudge, revenge, and oppression for Plaintiffs' criticisms of her and of CHCCS" despite knowing that the "proceedings were [not] justified"

18/ Hamlett announced this week that at the end of the year, she would be leaving the district for a position as chief equity and development officer at @MCPS due to "prioritizing the well-being and success of my children and family"

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