Mangum on her presidency: “The job’s over.”

Yesterday, the FAMU Board of Trustees (BOT) voted 7-5 against a motion to extend President Elmira Mangum’s contract for one year with a requirement for executive leadership coaching.

Trustee Harold Mills proposed the motion and “Interim” Student Government Association President Jaylen Smith seconded it.

The five “yes” votes came from:  Mills, Smith, David Lawrence, Craig Reed, and Nicole Washington.

The seven “no” votes came from: Faculty Senate President Bettye Grable, Matt Carter, Thomas Dortch, Chairman Kelvin Lawson, Vice-Chairwoman Kimberly Moore, Robert Woody, and Belvin Perry Jr.

Trustee Gary McCoy wasn’t present for the meeting and didn’t participate through the teleconference option.

BOT members unanimously passed a motion by Dortch to have the chairman appoint a committee to discuss the path forward with Mangum.

“That could include a new one-year contract to removal,” Lawson said in a quote published by the Tallahassee Democrat. “Everything is up for discussion.”

But Mangum said she took the BOT vote as a statement that her presidency won’t continue past the end date of her contract on April 1, 2017.

“The job’s over. Did you hear what they said? The job’s over. March 31st, maybe,” Mangum told reporters after the meeting.