Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Atlanta school cheating scandal

Three of the educators in the Atlanta cheating scandal have tured  themselves into to there county jail. Thereseia Copeland who is the testing coordinator at the elementary school turned herself in a little before 7 am. She faces racketeering false statements and tampering. She went into the jail without a attorney and her bond is 1 million. Donald Bullock is the testing coordinator at another countys school turned himself in a little after 6. Tameka Goodson was the school improvement specialist and walked into the jail at 12:30 am her bond is 200,000.Thirtyfive people including former superintendent Beverly Hall must surrender Tuesday. 








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They all face charges of racketering theft by taking influencing witnesses and making false statements.A grand jury hearing the case sugested a $7.5 million bond for Hall. If convicted she faces up to 45 years in prison.According to a jail spokesperson the 35 people will be processed as individuals. Because they were already indicted they will not have first appearances but they will have bond hearings.

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