Former Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall is again in the visual perception of the nation and the city of Atlanta. Atlanta’s 15th appointed superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools from July, 1999 until her retirement in 2011, has been indicted for racketeering and other charges.
Dr. Hall along with 34 other educators are named in the indictments with 65 counts. The indictments are a result of the 2009 CRCT cheating scandal that has traumatized the city of Atlanta and the school district.
Questions about test scores surfaced in 2002. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard and his team have been praised for their relentless work for 22 months. The indictments portrays Hall as the head of a corrupt organization often compared to that of the Mafia.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013, is the deadline for all indicted to turn themselves into the Fulton County Jail. Beverly Hall’s bond has been set at 7.5 millions, cash bond. All indicted will be searched, photographed, fingerprinted and bond set. They will stay behind bars until they can make bail.
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Cheating scandal a teachable moment
The cheating scandal in Atlanta Public Schools is a great teachable moment for everyone especially for our next generation. Cheating is a crime and it has great consequences. Consequences that can destroy character, credibility, a future and a career. Even though it is painful, embarrassing, compromising, upsetting, and distressing. Cheating in the end, when caught, has no winners only losers.
In the case of APS cheating scandal, the erasers of answers from wrong to right; will forever be detrimental to the children that needed the greatest help and guidance the most. The APS cheating scandal not only impacts educators in Atlanta and Georgia. The scandal will be troubling to every educator throughout this country that work with our next generation.
The Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal has cast a dark cloud on educators everywhere. Reminder that all defendants are innocent until proven guilty. All defendants have a right to their day in court. All defendants should not be judged and convicted by public or media opinion. Taxpayers, communities, parents, stakeholders and students in Atlanta must let justice be served. Children first.
‘The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.’
- William Arthur Ward
Source:
www. atlantapublicschools.us
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