"However, a majority of the board confirmed for The Post and Courier that Schools Superintendent Nancy McGinley told them that Ravenel was in the district office when he told a district employee that he had gotten rid of one "bitch" and would get rid of another, referring to former schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and McGinley."

All heresay by McGinely supporters, those present at he meeting denied it ever happened.

I don't have a position one way or the other, but this story would lead me to believe the Post-Courier has an agenda as it is very poor journalism. It is not "false" but is written in such a way as to mislead the reader.

Question ramains too... Why won't the board let the Charter School use the Middle School... Maybe Ravenel has a point.

...Ravenel can't remember exactly what he said last month during the heat of the moment at the school district office, but he admitted Friday that he used the word "bitch," and he regrets it.

"Earlier in the week, he denied using the word".

"When pressed about the context in which he used the word, he said: "I probably used the word 'bitch' a couple of times, but I didn't say it in any particular context, and I can't remember particularly what I did say".

"McGinley informed board members that Ravenel was at the district office and told a district employee that he had gotten rid of one "bitch" and would get rid of another, referring to former schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and McGinley, several board members said".

In an interview earlier this week, Ravenel repeatedly denied referring to the superintendent as a "bitch."

"On Friday, he said the word is not profanity. "It means a troublesome woman or a female dog, or if it's used as a noun it means to complain," he said. "And, of course, I was doing a lot of bitching."

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008/may/24/arthur_ravenel_i_used_word42131/