Booking Photos: Jailed Atlanta Teachers Accused in Cheating Scandal

By Sandra Rose  | 

Beverly Hall

The arrest (and eventual conviction) of 35 educators continues a shameful legacy in the Atlanta Public School System cheating scandal.

The Atlanta Journal-Consitution reports that 35 teachers, testing coordinators and school administrators were given until midnight Tuesday to turn themselves in after being indicted in one of the biggest school cheating scandals in modern history. Only four of the 35 educators had not turned themselves in by the deadline.

The biggest fish -- former Atlanta school superintendent Beverly Hall -- turned herself in at the Fulton County jail just after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. She was surrounded by her counsel who whisked her past the mob of shouting reporters. Hall, 66, wore her Sunday finest, adorned with pearl necklace and matching earrings. She was fingerprinted and sat for a classy mugshot before posting a $200,000 bond. Her bond was originally set at $7.5 million. “I don’t think there was really any serious entertainment of that,” her attorney, David J. Bailey, told the AJC.

After the break is a roll call of some of the former educators who took the walk of shame into the Fulton County jail yesterday.

These are the people that a grand jury alleges are responsible for making Atlanta's school children among the dumbest in the nation.

Many graduates of Atlanta public schools are unable to adequately complete a job application or pass a college entrance exam.

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1. Pamela Cleveland: A former Dunbar Elementary school teacher, is charged with racketeering for changing students’ wrong answers to right on the 2009 CRCT. She is also charged with making a false statement for telling a GBI agent she had no knowledge of anyone erasing or changing answers on the CRCT. Source

2. Sharon Davis Williams: A third area superintendent, Davis Williams is accused of instructing educators to cover up cheating and punishing a whistle-blower. Source

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3. Kimberly Oden: Former teacher at Parks Middle School, charged with racketeering and making false statements and writings. Source

4. Tamara Cotman: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Cotman, who oversaw schools in some of Atlanta's poorest neighborhoods, advised principals to refuse to cooperate with the cheating inquiry. Meeting in 2010 with a dozen principals from schools where test scores were most supect, she disparaged the state investigation then told the principals to write and read aloud memos telling state investigators to "go to hell." She was also accused of retaliating against an employee who answered questions about the memos. In a television interview along with other area superintendents accused of wrongdoing, Cotman denied any knowledge of widespread cheating. "I am going to fight not just for the job, but I had a reputation and career and a focus on serving children," Cotman said. Source

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5. Christopher Waller: One of the key figures in the state investigative report, Waller was principal of Parks Middle School where seven educators confessed to cheating, and six others, including Waller were implicated. Cheating reportedly occurred at the school each year from 2006 through 2010, and investigators said Waller bullied teachers into copying exams and erasing wrong answers. A teacher who admitted his role in the cheating said Waller organized cheating “parties” with teachers. Another teacher told investigators that in 2009, two staff members loaded test papers into a blue cooler and delivered them to rooms where teachers corrected students’ mistakes. They returned later with the cooler and hauled the tests away. Waller denied wrongdoing, saying that if tampering occurred, it must have been after test papers left the school. He also said he wouldn’t cheat because he is a minister and because he wouldn’t have risked his $107,000-a-year salary. Hall had held Waller up as a model principal who got results by pushing educators to unlock the potential of underachieving poor students. Reassigned in 2010 while the state conducted its probe, Waller resigned from the district in 2012, citing personal reasons. Source

6. Frances Mack: A testing coordinator at D.H. Stanton Elementary, is charged with racketeering and false statements and writings. Source

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7. Shani Robinson: a former teacher at Dunbar Elementary School, charged with racketeering and making false statements and writings. Source

8. Millicent Few [Her bond was originally set at $1 million]: According to the state investigation, Millicent Few, the head of human resources for the district, “illegally ordered” the destruction of early, damaging drafts of an outside lawyer’s investigation of test-tampering at Atlanta’s Deerwood Academy. In another instance, Few ordered staff to destroy a case log of cheating-related internal investigations after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution requested it, the report said. Few told staff to replace the old log with a new, altered version. When the district finally produced the complaints, the investigators wrote, it illegally withheld cases that made it “look bad” — either because its investigation was poor or because wrongdoing received minimal sanction. Like others, Few also made false statements to the investigators, the report said. Few has denied that she tampered with documents or ordered anyone else to do so. Few tried to leave Atlanta and start over. She moved to Connecticut and became a consultant in Bridgeport Public Schools. But in February 2012, after only two days on the job, Few was fired after Bridgeport officials learned the full extent of the allegations against her. She moved to Connecticut and became a consultant in Bridgeport Public Schools. But in February, after only two days on the job, Few was fired after Bridgeport officials learned the full extent of the allegations against her. Source

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9. Diane Webb-Buckner: a former Dunbar Elementary teacher, is charged with racketeering for changing students’ wrong answers to right on the 2009 CRCT. She is also charged with making a false statement to a GBI agent. Source

10. Dana Evans: former principal at Dobbs Elementary School, was charged with racketeering and four counts of making false statements and writings. Source

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11. Michael Pitts: area superintendent, was booked into the Fulton County Jail on $25,000 bond, charged with racketeering and influencing witnesses. Source

12. Armstead Salters: principal of Gideons Elementary, was booked into the Fulton County Jail on $2 million bond, according to jail records. Salters is charged with racketeering, false statements and writings, influencing witness. Source

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13. Dessa Curb: teacher at Dobbs Elementary, was booked into the Fulton County Jail on $60,000 bond, according to jail records. Curb is charged with racketeering, false statements and writings. Source

14. Tameka Goodson: a school improvement specialist at Kennedy Middle School, turned herself in around 12:30 a.m. and was booked into the Fulton County Jail on $200,000 bond, according to jail records. Goodson is charged with racketeering and false statements and writings. Source

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15. Donald Bullock: a testing coordinator at Usher-Collier Heights Elementary, arrived at the jail with his attorney just before 6 a.m. on Tuesday. Bullock is accused of asking two teachers to participate in falsifying standardized test answer sheets and telling the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that he wasn’t aware of teachers erasing test answers. He’s charged with racketeering, false swearing and three counts of false statements or writings Bullock had no comment for reporters as he walked briskly from his car to the jail lobby. Source

16. Theresia Copeland: Benteen Elementary testing coordinator. Copeland is charged with racketeering, theft by taking and two counts of false statements or writings. Source

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17. Gregory Reid: Former Assistant Principal of Parks Middle School, is charged with racketeering, false statements and writings, theft by taking and false swearing. Source

18. Sandra Ward: a Testing coordinator at Parks Middle School, is charged with racketeering, falsifying students' answer sheets and theft by taking. Source

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19. Ingrid Abella-Sly: The former Humphries Elementary teacher is charged with racketeering for "falsifying" student answer sheets on the 2009 CRCT and making false statements to a GBI agent. Abella-Sly is also charged with theft by taking for accepting bonus money based on phony test scores. Source

20. Sheridan Rogers: The former testing coordinator at Gideons Elementary is charged with racketeering and three counts of making false statements and writings. Source

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21. Starlette Mitchell: The former teacher at Parks Middle School is charged with racketeering and three counts of making false statements. Source

22. Angela Williamson: The former teacher at Dobbs Elementary is charged with racketeering; two counts of making false statements and writings; and two counts of false swearing. Source

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23. Gloria Ivey: A former Dunbar Elementary teacher, is charged with racketeering for changing students’ wrong answers to right on the 2009 CRCT. She is also charged with making false statements for telling a GBI agent she did not participate in, assist or have knowledge of anyone giving answers on the CRCT. Source

24. Lisa Terry: The former Humphries Elementary teacher is charged with racketeering for "falsifying" student answer sheets on the 2009 CRCT and making false statements to a GBI agent. Terry is also charged with theft by taking for accepting bonus money based on phony test scores. Source

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25. Sheila Evans: A Benteen Elementary teacher, is charged with racketeering, false statements and writings (2 counts); and theft by taking. Source

26. Wendy Ahmed: A teacher at Humphries Elementary, is charged with racketeering; false statements and writings (2 counts); and theft by taking. Source

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27. Carol Dennis: The secretary at Kennedy Middle School is charged with racketeering and false statements and writings. Source

28. Tabeeka Jordan: The assistant principal of Deerwood Elementary is charged with racketeering, false statements, and theft by taking. She turned herself in Tuesday. Source

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29. Shayla Smith: Dobbs Elementary, charged with racketeering, two counts of racketeering and false swearing. Source

30. Derrick Broadwater: Former teacher at Dobbs Elementary, charged with racketeering, three counts of making false statements and writings and false swearing. Source

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    You do the crime do the time :tea:

  • that_VA_thickchick

    How dreadful!

    Sadly the public school system is all about passing the standardized tests. They could care less if the information is actually retained and how successful the children are in the future.

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    Her bond was originally set at $7.5 million.
    ___________________

    :stop: Pause, see I have a problem with this amount :tea: damn murderers don't even get that high of a bond :blink: or molesters

  • ck

    This is sad! Yes, they were wrong but they are not criminals.

  • NaijaGal

    not justifying their chit but I understand...when the money for your school is based on how well the students test are folks really surprised at the cheating that occurred? No Child Left Behind is the worst chit to ever happen...oh and keep thinking these majority white schools don't cheat if you want to :tea:

  • NaijaGal

    This is sad! Yes, they were wrong but they are not criminals.
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    ummmm yes they are criminals, every last one of them

  • Betamax82

    I suspect more school systems to be next

    :waves: morning folks

  • MsOnederful

    wow this is the longest post ever....in the history of SR.com but wow at this story 2

  • Betamax82

    #23 hair & makeup :eek:

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    ck says:

    This is sad! Yes, they were wrong but they are not criminals.
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    :stop: falsifying documents in order to get money :tea: a form of stealing, sorry hunny they are criminals difference is they are not violent offenders :tea: Criminals, and they should be sentenced ......

  • http://www.caboki.com/index.html Man, I just don’t care™

    :facepalm:

  • Tt

    Lol at the one lonely Asian woman.

  • Diva

    jeniefrumdabloc says:

    You do the crime do the time

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    :applause:

  • Nakeya_j

    This is beyond triflent. Your supposed to get these kids ready to be in the world. smdh. But realy they need to dig into the Philadelphia schools like this. Because the school district up here is a mess, and not a soul is doing anything about it.

  • Gigi26

    Damn smh :no:

    No Child Left Behind is to blame for this...these teachers are left with insane amounts of pressure-jobs on the line, promotions/tenure threatened all behind some damn test scores. Now they have to teach to the test but that comes with the issues a lot of these kids come to school with and most of the time they are ill equipped to deal with them.

    Not saying its right what they did, but NCLB leaves some folk with no other choice.

    And trust, the sprite schools are doing this very same thing.

  • Betamax82

    Is #27 male or female

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    They are thieves in my book, but why all of em gotta be black though :smack: damn , and one lil asian :no:

  • Miany

    I only wanna know how many other school districts were inestigated?

  • Nakeya_j

    Yes, they were wrong but they are not criminals.
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    If you are my childs teacher. And not teaching the child anything, and then KNOWING your changing the answers to make it look like you did, then telling lies about it, only for the love of money, then YES your ass is a criminal. They were doing criminal acts!!!

  • Diva

    chile I just scrolled and looked at all the pics!!!! I guess they put the uglies towards the bottom :rofl:

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    Gigi26 says:

    And trust, the sprite schools are doing this very same thing.
    __________________

    Girl I just told my sister this morning the same thing :preach:

  • Diva

    jeniefrumdabloc says:

    They are thieves in my book, but why all of em gotta be black though damn , and one lil asian
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    You know that lil asian is married to a black man :coffee:

  • Nakeya_j

    Not saying its right what they did, but NCLB leaves some folk with no other choice.

    And trust, the sprite schools are doing this very same thing.
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    They need to investagate ALL schools.

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    Diva says:

    chile I just scrolled and looked at all the pics!!!! I guess they put the uglies towards the bottom
    ________________

    And Diva starts it off :rofl: :hahaha:

  • http://www.caboki.com/index.html Man, I just don’t care™

    The whole education system is ridiculous...

  • Blackswan

    My sis is a teacher they had a small scandal last year. A teacher was giving answers to the PASS test.....,,those teachers are pressured like hell to get the school money smh. No child left behind sucks monkey balls.

  • leoluv3

    The best thing would have been for those educators to actually EDUCATE the kids. Cheaters NEVER win. I feel sorry for the children, making them feel they're "smart" and doing well but in all actuality they're not. SMH

  • AlluringlySweet

    This is sad not shocking but sad. One of those dudes look like he need to be in a special education class and no where near being a teacher or administrator of such. Why can't these folk do what they were hired to do which is actually TEACH. I've always thought that teaching is a calling not just an occupation.

  • http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhE0g3zMP70P40YOsR Bedazzled His Razzle

    Funny how this is "such a scandle". I'm not suprised at them cheating. They get money from how well their student's do in school so what else is there to do especially when some of the students dont care or when others take a little more time than others to comprehend what is being taught. I'm not condoning this at all but it makes sense.

    #12 & #13 mugshots know they were cheesing :lol:

  • Diva

    jeniefrumdabloc says:

    Diva says:

    chile I just scrolled and looked at all the pics!!!! I guess they put the uglies towards the bottom
    ________________

    And Diva starts it off

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    chile #23-27... :scared: the shyt out of me.... :rofl:

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    See this is why you should always do the right thing :tea: cheating never pays off, :tea: Unless its a Statistics Class :kona:

  • Nakeya_j

    No Child Left Behind is the worst chit to ever happen…oh and keep thinking these majority white schools don’t cheat if you want to
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    All school cheat. White or Black. That's not even a question. However, NCLB needs to be dropped. If the child cant read, write, spell, do math, or whatever, then they should go to summer school. If they can't pass then they get left back. Simple as that. EDUCATE the kids so they won't need to get left back. And that's the job of BOTH parent and teacher. Stop allowing these kids to slide by and you know damn wel they can't freaking read or is up to the next grade level.

  • lovezoe

    I am so not in favor of standardized test. They didn't change the answers to help the kids, they did it for their own gain. I read one child in the ninth grade reading on a fifth grade level. Parents are responsible as well, but these teachers are TRAINED to teach these kids. We will see more and more of this happening in low socioeconomic neighborhoods. This happened here, but not on that large of a scale.

  • Gigi26

    Sorry but if some of these fukk ass PARENTS did what they were supposed to do, maybe...just MAYBE these educators wouldn't have had to go this far :no:

  • http://www.caboki.com/index.html Man, I just don’t care™

    Is #27 male or female

    by Betamax82 on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:13 am
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    :rofl:

    **goes to look**
    :blink:

    :think:

  • KyCakes

    Well dayum!

    Now #27 you KNOW you were getting a mugshot...you couldn't visit the threading lady to take care of that upper lip? :shrug:

  • Nakeya_j

    See this is why you should always do the right thing
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    My behind would of told every damn body and I would be one of the few NOT sitting in a jail or going to trial. Screw that.

  • Diva

    #11 just finished crying cause his mama gone beat his azz....he look like he still live at home :rofl:

  • MsB2u

    This is just saf

  • Blackswan

    I volunteered for testing last month and OMG they treat these kids like animals giving them candy to stay in their seats and stuff. We never had that either you sit down or else.

  • lovezoe

    Oh, most schools don't even retain kids these days. When I was in school your tail got held back. NOW, you got to raise heck if you feel your child should be held back. They just pass the kids and let them be the next teacher's problem.

  • MsB2u

    This is a very sad story

  • Nakeya_j

    Sorry but if some of these fukk ass PARENTS did what they were supposed to do, maybe…just MAYBE these educators wouldn’t have had to go this far
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    GiGi, the educators should not have done this either way. But yes, more parents should be involved in the education of the kids. But the educators were dead wrong and have no one to blame.

  • Gigi26

    Shiiid before there was a damn NCLB, my folks made sure me and my sis had our workbooks during the summer instead of playing all the freaking time...no tv past 7, all that chit. Now these kids are just goofing off and the parent is asking the teacher why their kids can't read. FUKK that, yo stupid ass is allowing your kid to regress! Stay on top of the chit so we wouldn't have these kinds of issues.

    Its downright disgusting...

  • Diva

    #23 & 24 look like extras in the Bug's Life movie :ghost:

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    lovezoe says:

    I am so not in favor of standardized test. They didn’t change the answers to help the kids, they did it for their own gain.
    ______________________

    Exactimondo :applause: :trophy:
    and :dead: @Gigi wit the fukk ass parents comment :rofl: I read that out loud, and said it hard :rofl:

  • LSLH

    #27 needs a shave.

  • http://www.caboki.com/index.html Man, I just don’t care™

    He also said he wouldn’t cheat because he is a minister and because he wouldn’t have risked his $107,000-a-year salary
    ___________

    Time he said he was a minister I bet they knew he was guilty.
    :coffee:

  • MissTaken

    I know teachers in this system :stop:

  • MissTaken

    from downstairs
    dancerbee93 says:
    @miss where where?!! I need to see this
    ______________________
    I looked on Funky Dineva but you call also typed in LHHAtl Season 2 Super Trailer in U tube..It pops up now.
    WHY praise GAWD did Mama Dee go running back into the house like a moose with hurt feet screaming “my son in there!” to re-join the fight?! :no: She is bout dat life

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    :hellnaw: look at 27 what is :ha: that

  • Nakeya_j

    so it's blame the parents ad not the people who did this? Mind you, I am NOT at all for parents who don't do their job at home. But come on, it's not the parents fault these people cheated. To me shoot, let the answers be wrong. Maybe people would start to notice that NCLB is not working.

  • Diva

    MissTaken says:

    I know teachers in this system
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    Any of them #1-30? :rofl:

  • lovezoe

    Shiiid before there was a damn NCLB, my folks made sure me and my sis had our workbooks during the summer instead of playing all the freaking time…no tv past 7, all that chit. Now these kids are just goofing off and the parent is asking the teacher why their kids can’t read. FUKK that, yo stupid ass is allowing your kid to regress! Stay on top of the chit so we wouldn’t have these kinds of issues.
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    My kids have workbooks, my daughter has to write on the weekends, they have to come read to me everyday. BUT, I am not a teacher. I try to explain homework to my kids they look at me like O_o. "My teacher doesn't do it like that." I still get on them. Whatever they have issues with, I print some more material off and we get to it.

  • Gigi26

    @Nakeya I feel you. I agree, but this scandal brings a major issue to light..

    Back in my day I remember they would have "Social promotion" to get the bad azz kids out of the schools. Now, in these areas these kids are slapping, punching teachers, disrupting the class and the teacher has to make sure ALL kids are learning at the same time. Its damn near impossible to do that with 30 kids and one teacher.

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    Man, I just don't care™ says:

    He also said he wouldn’t cheat because he is a minister and because he wouldn’t have risked his $107,000-a-year salary
    ___________
    Time he said he was a minister I bet they knew he was guilty.
    __________________

    :lolsign: :yes: :rofl:

  • Just Looking

    GOODDURNIT! These photos...Maybe they was trying to get money for face lifts. :WTF:

  • http://www.caboki.com/index.html Man, I just don’t care™

    #9 look like she STILL dont give a phuck long as she can still drink.

  • Diva

    jeniefrumdabloc says:

    :hellnaw: look at 27 what is that

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    Timbaland in drag :rofl:

  • Blackswan

    Some of these kids parents to busy worrying about dressing up their kids for FB and Instagram modeling smh

  • http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhE0g3zMP70P40YOsR Bedazzled His Razzle

    Nakeya_j says:

    No Child Left Behind is the worst chit to ever happen…oh and keep thinking these majority white schools don’t cheat if you want to
    ——
    All school cheat. White or Black. That’s not even a question. However, NCLB needs to be dropped. If the child cant read, write, spell, do math, or whatever, then they should go to summer school. If they can’t pass then they get left back. Simple as that. EDUCATE the kids so they won’t need to get left back. And that’s the job of BOTH parent and teacher. Stop allowing these kids to slide by and you know damn wel they can’t freaking read or is up to the next grade level.
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    I mentor some kids at the charter school for the navy base here.... This little boy I work with reading is on a 2nd grade level and he's 12. :no: And the fact that the teachers seem to throw all kinds of shade at the kids who are slow to catch on or act like they dont have the time. :no: It's heartbreaking.

  • felinelurker

    @ Leo #27, how do you know that the teachers were not teaching the children? Here at my children's school they have 3 benchmarks (basically practice tests) before the end of yr testing. Maybe the children at those schools were giving those and the children weren't passing. Not saying they are right at all but maybe, just maybe they WERE teaching and the children weren't retaining it

  • Ty

    Damn shame :nono: They need to punish Beverly to the full extent. She threatened alot of those teachers so they really didn't have a choice. All about the bonus money damn the kids that they pushed through the system that cant even read or do basic math and they're adults now :rules: :cuss:

  • Diva

    Man, I just don't care™ says:

    #9 look like she STILL dont give a phuck long as she can still drink.

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    dayum alkie :rofl:

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    Diva says:

    #11 just finished crying cause his mama gone beat his azz….he look like he still live at home
    _________________

    Girl Number 30 look like he been crying too :lol:

  • http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhE0g3zMP70P40YOsR Bedazzled His Razzle

    Diva says:

    jeniefrumdabloc says:

    :hellnaw: look at 27 what is that

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    Timbaland in drag
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    She got it lined up and everything....

    ol wolf puzzy :rofl:

  • dancerbee93

    Yea this is ridiculous!!! Its a disservice to the key people...CHILDREN

  • http://www.caboki.com/index.html Man, I just don’t care™

    @NAKEYA
    "so it’s blame the parents ad not the people who did this? Mind you, I am NOT at all for parents who don’t do their job at home. But come on, it’s not the parents fault these people cheated. To me shoot, let the answers be wrong. Maybe people would start to notice that NCLB is not working."
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    I agree with you in principle but the lse folks aint losing they jobs. :no:

    Well, they tried not to lose thier jobs.

  • GAGIRL87

    Many graduates of Atlanta public schools are unable to adequately complete a job application or pass a college entrance exam.

    ____________________________________________________________________

    Sad but true :no:

  • Nakeya_j

    Gigi26 says:

    @Nakeya I feel you. I agree, but this scandal brings a major issue to light..

    Back in my day I remember they would have “Social promotion” to get the bad azz kids out of the schools. Now, in these areas these kids are slapping, punching teachers, disrupting the class and the teacher has to make sure ALL kids are learning at the same time. Its damn near impossible to do that with 30 kids and one teacher.
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    That is going on in my childs class right now. It's one teacher and 30 5 year olds. It's a mess. I wrote a letter to the school district, and put in a transfer request. Both of them were shot down. I'm moving so he can go to another school district in September. And Gigi, some of these parents are not doing anything. Some of the 5 year olds did not even know the ABC's. It's so sad. And things like this don't make it better. However, maybe now people will start seeing that a MAJOR change is needed.

  • Gigi26

    so it’s blame the parents ad not the people who did this? Mind you, I am NOT at all for parents who don’t do their job at home. But come on, it’s not the parents fault these people cheated. To me shoot, let the answers be wrong. Maybe people would start to notice that NCLB is not working.
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    Oh trust these ppl know NCLB is a JOKE. Trust n believe they do. But at the end of the day, $$ for that district is on the line. They fukked up big time. But how can they explain this without calling the major challenges these teachers are facing with these kids on a daily basis?

  • Just Looking

    Morning Folks Gigi, Jeanie, Zoe, Diva, Ms.Tak, Man, NakedJ, BlackSwan, B2, Kycakes, Leo, Beta, KyCakes, BabyGirl, Sorry If I missed someone...Gotta run :peace:

  • dancerbee93

    All about the bonus money damn the kids that they pushed through the system that cant even read or do basic math and they’re adults now
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    Anndd currently working on reality shows :rolleyes:

  • Diva

    jeniefrumdabloc says:

    Diva says:

    #11 just finished crying cause his mama gone beat his azz….he look like he still live at home
    _________________

    Girl Number 30 look like he been crying too
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    he shole do :hahaha:

  • MissTaken

    These are just the ones who were dumb enough to get caught :coffee:

  • that_VA_thickchick

    I just want to know what in the homey the clown helll is going on in pic # 21.

  • Nakeya_j

    just maybe they WERE teaching and the children weren’t retaining it
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    And if that was so, they still NEVER should of cheated.

  • Just Looking

    @Man - #9... :rofl:

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

    Ty says:

    Damn shame They need to punish Beverly to the full extent. She threatened alot of those teachers so they really didn’t have a choice.
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    Bullshyt :nono: you always have a choice, and my father always says sometimes it hurts to do the right thing. I would not have done it, and if I they would have penalized me, I would have been snitching :typing: Not gone compromise my character for their unethical ways :nono: shyting me

  • Diva

    that_VA_thickchick says:

    I just want to know what in the homey the clown helll is going on in pic # 21.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I Hollered :rofl:

  • GAGIRL87

    Man why MY PEOPLE can't do right :crying: . They should have KNEW this wasn't helping OUR children it was HURTING them... This makes me sooooo mad this is what happens in "hood school districts" :coffee:

  • Betamax82

    JL :hi:

  • MissTaken

    :cry: A lot of them do have watery eyes. When that white light flashed they probably all knew they was going to end up on Sandra Rose and was going to get roasted :no:

  • Smonae

    A million dollar bond is a bit much, at least give them a chance to defend themselves.

    But on the other hand what they did was horrible, how about taking that enerery and actually teach the kids what they should know instead of cheating, if i were a parent I would be pissed

  • Nakeya_j

    But how can they explain this without calling the major challenges these teachers are facing with these kids on a daily basis?
    -----
    They need to call out all the major challenges. Everyone thing from Bad parents who do nothing with the kids, to the NCLB, to the way the system is set up. It's all a disservice to the kids.

  • lovezoe

    And we wonder why entertainers go broke. Can't even count they own money. Them accountants see an uneducated fool a mile away. Yet, as long as we can sing, rap, play ball and entertain massa we good to go.

  • Gigi26

    Uhh Auntie Sandra...What the hell is up with these sprite girls in the bra n pantie ads?! :no: I ain't tryin to see that in the am! :lol:

  • GAGIRL87

    @ Diva & Jenie :buttshake: what is it Friday yet??? no okay :hug: 's anyway!!!

  • VDot

    #9 look like she STILL dont give a phuck long as she can still drink.

    _________________________________

    Fugging :dead: :rofl:

  • Nakeya_j

    Bullshyt you always have a choice, and my father always says sometimes it hurts to do the right thing. I would not have done it, and if I they would have penalized me, I would have been snitching Not gone compromise my character for their unethical ways shyting me
    ----
    Aaaaaamen. Aaaaaamen. Aaaaa Amen, Aaaaamen, Aaaaamen!!!! :cosign:

  • that_VA_thickchick

    Where is Kenya Caramel Blue Rain to tell us how this never happened in the private schools her family worked so hard to send her to?

    Private schools do shady stuff. They just have tuition money to pay lawyers to handle these issues before they see the light of day.

  • Diva

    :wave: Just looking!!!!

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    Smonae says:

    A million dollar bond is a bit much, at least give them a chance to defend themselves.
    __________________

    Hell that amount was crazy :blink: these are not violent offenders wtf! Some murderers don't get that :huh:

  • VDot

    :newpost: on Kim K, but this one is better :yes:

    #22 just got her weave done and aint got time for this. She missed happy hour over this bullchit.

  • puppylove

    These teachers have no excuse. They are from middle and elementary schools. If they were doing their jobs these kids would actually learn something. My youngest siblings spent 2 years in school in Georgia and i was shocked at how little they were learning.

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    GaGirl :happy: :kiss:

  • Smonae

    Damn did they beat #9 :tape:

  • Diva

    GAGIRL87 says:

    @ Diva & Jenie what is it Friday yet??? no okay ‘s anyway!!!

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I so wish! Morning Gal!!!

  • MissTaken

    Scrolls back up to look at #9 as instructed. :ghost:
    She looks like her pores ooze Mad Dog

  • Diva

    VDot says:

    #22 just got her weave done and aint got time for this.
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    but her edges are nappy :rofl: her weave texture ain't matching her real hair :rofl:

  • Ty

    Diva says:

    chile I just scrolled and looked at all the pics!!!! I guess they put the uglies towards the bottom
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    :dead:

  • Nakeya_j

    This is why I told my son, WE (yes we), have until the end of 1st grade to teach HIM how to read, and do math, or WE will be doing NOT A DAMN THING ELSE untill his knows how. Why, he asked me. Because if you can't read and do math, what are you going to do with your life. It's a life skill. I work hard with that kid, as I am sure you all do with yours. And really, all parents should. If they know all the Meek Mills songs, then they should know colors, numbers, and some sight words. These kids in his class are a trip. about 10 of them have it together. NAd now I catch him doing thing I know he picked up in school. He will not be going back there.

  • GAGIRL87

    They need to call out all the major challenges. Everyone thing from Bad parents who do nothing with the kids, to the NCLB, to the way the system is set up. It’s all a disservice to the kids
    ___________________________________________________________________

    @ Nakeya I agree if my son is struggling in something LET ME KNOW so I can do MY part and if that doesn't work hell we might need to try tutoring. BUT don't help he cheat :no:

  • Diva

    so yall not gone say nothing about 16 looking like Unshakes gravi? Okay :rofl:

  • GAGIRL87

    Numbers

    4
    5
    11
    12

    are my fav's :rofl:

  • Smonae

    @ Diva :rofl:

  • lovezoe

    GA- Now days, you don't your child is struggling until report card time. I am still waiting for the parent teacher conference I requested last month. My daughter is a great student, but I want to make sure it stays that way. She is in the second grade and the teacher writes stuff on the board and expects 7 and 8 year olds to be responsible enough to write it down. Other second grade teachers send on a bulletin of what's going on. Crazy.

  • VDot

    her weave texture ain’t matching her real hair

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    :no: But at least the color does :thumbsup:

    Dessa (#13) look like she may have hit the bottle before taking her mug shot too. I don't blame her. I wonder if they all ended up in the same cell together? :thinking:

    Kim (#3) is dropping the dime on all of them. She has that smug look on her face like "I'll be d@mned if I go down behind this bullchit. They got another thing coming"

  • felinelurker

    @ Nakeya, #77, I'm not saying that they were right for cheating. My point was directed to the comment that the teachers need to teach & I was saying maybe they are, but the children weren't retaining it. In which I think further action needed to be taken.

  • Diva

    @Vdot ohhh okay :lolsign:

  • Anna

    MsOnederful says:

    wow this is the longest post ever….in the history of SR.com but wow at this story 2

    ~~~~~
    It sure is. #25 & 26 look like two diff mugs shots of the same person. They even have on the same outfit, minuse one has on make up & pearls.

  • VDot

    @Gagirl - I like #12 too. He hit the :blunt: before he turned himself in and in the words of Lil Tunechi, :whistle: You can look me in my face, I aint got no worries

    :hahaha:

  • VDot

    Betamax82 says:

    Is #27 male or female

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    :thinking: The wig says woman, but the goatee says man :shrug:

  • MSVALLDAY

    ck says:

    This is sad! Yes, they were wrong but they are not criminals.
    __________________________________________________________________________

    Um did they break the law? If so then they are criminals.

  • Anna

    minus*
    I watched the news last night, a mother said her 9th grade student is 3 grades behind. When is the parent responsible??? Too many parents are senidng their kids to school for teachers to "babysit".

  • MSVALLDAY

    Nakeya_j says:

    But how can they explain this without calling the major challenges these teachers are facing with these kids on a daily basis?
    —–
    They need to call out all the major challenges. Everyone thing from Bad parents who do nothing with the kids, to the NCLB, to the way the system is set up. It’s all a disservice to the kids.
    ____________

    True indeed but you control your actions! You may have some kids with horrible parents, but that has nothing and I mean nothing to do with the decisions you make as a teacher. They are taking the easy way out! Teach the kids what they need to pass the tests then there will be no need to cheat.

  • Miapluck

    Not a good look at all...If these are the people responsible for having Gucci Man come to the schools for career day, bail should have been set higher...Seriously, what is wrong with some of my people I mean really was it really worth it...

  • amatrex

    If black folks (teachers AND parents) don't even care about black children, then who the hell will? :shrugs:

  • Trendsetter

    :blink:

  • Yardgirl

    amatrex says:

    If black folks (teachers AND parents) don’t even care about black children, then who the hell will?
    **********************

    THIS^^^ :cry: :rules: <<< Why would chidren follow rules if we dont?

  • Haree706

    I feel like some of them shouldn't be arrest if they didn't receive money then why arrest them...

  • leoluv3

    felinelurker says:

    @ Leo #27, how do you know that the teachers were not teaching the children? Here at my children’s school they have 3 benchmarks (basically practice tests) before the end of yr testing. Maybe the children at those schools were giving those and the children weren’t passing. Not saying they are right at all but maybe, just maybe they WERE teaching and the children weren’t retaining it

    You're absolutely right, maybe they were educating them and if that's the case then let that speak for itself and get the kids the REAL help they need. Cheating only allows the educators to retain their jobs while the children are suffering w/ illiteracy.

  • heartland

    Guilty-ass faces!!!! Especially Armstead Salters! What the hell you smiling like that for Sir?

  • nwokeith

    In the words of Debra Levil from 'Boondocks' :
    "Black people"

  • AllNYC

    They make me sick to my stomach to see these Black educators doing such a disservice to Black students. It's plain wrong.

    No Child Left Behind just made school systems desperate. Until the government acknowledges that results are not measured in the educational system by treating it like a business, this will continue to happen. There is too much money at stake.

    What makes me sicker is that the probe that uncovered this corruption in the Atlanta school system found almost 200 other school districts doing the same thing. I hope those other educators are similarly vilified and paraded the way they are doing this Black teachers and principals.

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