The Shaw High School marching band director has become known as a pillar of the community in East Cleveland. He is also a school administrator, but on Tuesday, he announced his resignation.

Donshon Wilson said he has been unfairly targeted over the last year. He claims it was the actions of the school administration that led to him cutting his career at his alma mater short. He had worked there for 24 years.

“Who else gonna come over and take care of Shaw band? They can’t replace him,” said Monike Hill, a parent of a student in the marching band. “It’s sad.”

The Shaw High School alumni worked for years as the director of communications and technology for East Cleveland Schools. He was also the director of the high school marching band. (Cleveland 19 News, 2021)

With the house bill 70 having a CEO come in and to have complete control and power just to do whatever with any checks and balances, you know I can’t take any more of that,” Wilson said. “You know I’ve tried hard to work with the administration.”

Wilson says not only was he offered a one-year contract instead of his standard two-year contract, but he was also demoted.

Despite having a squeaky-clean record for over two decades, Wilson says he was the subject of six disciplinary reprimands in the past nine months. All of which he said are baseless.

As far as what’s next for Wilson, he’s not sure but says he has some things in the works and that he would consider staying at Shaw if the administration offered him his previous contract.

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