Green responds to opponent Morrow’s accusation that he covered up beating of school student

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  • “If Mo Green is elected, more violent beatings in schools will continue to get covered up,” Davis said. “I was told Mo Green covered this up because of a friendship. If this man is elected to office, he will be the biggest risk for every school-age child in the State of North Carolina.”

Republican candidate for North Carolina’s superintendent of public instruction Michelle Morrow is accusing her opponent, Democrat Mo Green, of covering up the beating of a student when he was superintendent of Guilford County Schools.

Morrow’s campaign issued a press release on Wednesday stating that Patricia Davis said Green covered up the beating of her son to “accommodate a friend.”

According to the release, Davis’ son, who was a freshman at the time, was savagely beaten at school, requiring over six hours of reconstructive surgery. The student’s face was crushed, and several of his permanent teeth were busted. Instead of calling an ambulance, the school waited for Davis to get her son.

“My son sat for 45 minutes and bled while he waited for me to pick him up,” said Davis. “He spit up blood clots that filled up an entire cup while in my car. I was terrified.”

Davis said the student who assaulted her son was only given three days of suspension. She said she reached out to Green approximately 50 times, but he ignored all her requests. Davis followed up with the school’s insurance company and was told an incident report had never been filed, which is mandated for incidents of this nature.

She said she recently learned that Green was running for superintendent of public instruction and wanted to warn voters.

Source: Michelle Morrow for NC Superintendent of Public Instruction YouTube page.

“If Mo Green is elected, more violent beatings in schools will continue to get covered up,” Davis said. “I was told Mo Green covered this up because of a friendship. If this man is elected to office, he will be the biggest risk for every school-age child in the State of North Carolina.”

Davis moved out of the county so her son could attend another school.

Morrow is a political newcomer who upset sitting superintendent of public instruction Catherine Truitt in the GOP primary in March. She ran unsuccessfully for the Wake County School Board in 2022 but has remained a grassroots activist on the state of education in North Carolina.

She has been critical of Green, who was also the executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, a far-left non-profit. Reynolds is among the largest funders of left-wing groups in the state, including those that have advocated against the expansion of school-choice options like Opportunity Scholarships.

Green responded to Morrow’s accusation in an emailed statement to Carolina Journal.

“Students and parents must feel safe in our schools, and violence can never be tolerated,” he told CJ. “School safety is a top reason we can’t elect Michele Morrow, who not only lies about my record but who has called for the public execution of political leaders like Barack Obama and Roy Cooper, supported a military coup to keep a losing candidate in office, and wants to arm public school teachers. I’ve always worked to make our schools safe places where students can learn and thrive, and I’ll remain focused on that critically important priority.”

Early voting ends Saturday, Nov. 2. Polls will be open from 8 am to 3 pm. The General Election is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Polls will be open from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm.

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