EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Buford schools chief accused of volatile behavior

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

3 hours ago
By Bill Rankin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution



A former schools superintendent accused of making a racist rant led his Gwinnett County district by intimidation with often irrational and volatile behavior that was well-known throughout the central office, according to a new legal filing.

Geye Hamby (whose first name is pronounced GUY) routinely used profane language and sometimes used racial slurs when referring to African-American employees, according to the filing in a race discrimination lawsuit. The allegations came to light in pretrial deposition testimony by Banks Bitterman, who resigned as principal of Buford High School in June 2017.

“He’d lose his temper in a heartbeat and yell, ‘I’m going to kill that (expletive),’” Bitterman said of Hamby. “I’m going to kill this. I’m going to kill, kill, kill. I’m going to (expletive) that person, (expletive) this person.”

Hamby, who was paid $308,000 a year, resigned as Buford’s superintendent last summer after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on allegations that said he used vile and racist language. The discrimination suit contained two recorded conversations in which a person complained about African-American temp workers at a construction site.


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