BCCC Trustees "go to jail" to support high school equivalency testing | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    Several members of the Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees donned prison garb and posed behind the bars of a mock jail recently to support a drive by BCCC faculty and staff to help fund scholarships for high school equivalency testing. The staff in BCCC's Basic Skills Program want to "send people to jail" for the morning and afternoon of Saturday, April 5, during BCCC's spring festival, Gullfest, to be held on the college campus from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

    For a $5 contribution, an individual can choose someone in the community to send to an area designated as "jail." The "arrested" individual will then have two options - raise or contribute a $50 "bond" and risk re-arrest or raise or contribute $100 and get out of "jail" for the rest of the day.
Pictured, BCCC Trustee Cynthia Davis is placed behind bars by BCCC campus policeman Natalie Perez, left, Basic Skills Director Tony Taylor, second from left, and Assessment and Retention Specialist Penelope Radcliffe. Other BCCC Trustees, left to right, Laura Staton, Mitchell St. Clair Sr. and Russell Smith wait their turns to spend time behind bars.


    Beaufort County Community College is a public comprehensive community college committed to accessible and affordable quality education, effective teaching, relevant training, and lifelong learning opportunities for the people served by the College.