MOBILE Ala.
Interim Bishop State Community College President James Lowe has sent letters informing 13 employees of the school’s intent to fire them and two-year system Chancellor Bradley Byrne says more terminations are on the way.
Lowe took over as interim president Wednesday following Yvonne Kennedy’s retirement a day earlier from the historically Black college.
“Now that we have control of the school, we’ve got to go through and start making some hard personnel decisions,” Byrne told the Press-Register editorial board Friday.
During the meeting, he described Bishop State as “the biggest problem in the state,” the paper reported Saturday.
All but three of the employees who were sent letters Wednesday have been charged by the District Attorney’s Office with theft of financial aid.
Over the past year, Bishop State has been placed on probation by its accrediting agency, and 27 people associated with the college have been accused of stealing more than $200,000 in financial aid and sports program money.
