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Florida A & M Universities Board of Trustee’s, by an eight to four vote, said they have no confidence in the School’s President. But, as Mike Vasilinda tells us, the vote is a message to the President that he could be fired soon if problems aren’t solved quickly.

100 non students on a state paid band trip, false audits, “sexual assaults of minors at the FAMU developmental research school,” and a drum major who died from hazing, all looked to trustees like a university without leadership.

“I am deeply troubled by what appears to be a serious lack of oversight and serious gaps in communication,” FAMU Trustee Belinda Reed Shannon said.

“Not knowing is, in fact, an indication of poor management,” Trustee Narayan Persaud said.

The vote was two to one against the President

“Eight yes votes, and 4 no votes.”

The vote means that the president gets to keep his job, but he’s been told, this is your last chance.

“I hear you loudly and clearly,” University president Dr. James Ammons said. “I understand that there are some measures that I have to take as president of this University to fix things, and I’m going to fix them.”

Reaction afterwards was mixed.

“I think if Dr. Ammons cannot make significant changes in the way that he leads this university, I think it will lead to his removal,” Trustee William Jennings said.

Trustees have their next face-to-face meeting in September. Any action before then is unlikely, unless new problems are discovered.