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Updated: 6:13 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | Posted: 1:58 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Hall’s bond changed from $7.5M to $200K

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Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall heads towards the Fulton County Jail on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 to turn herself in. A report from the state-led investigation stated that during her 12-year reign, Hall, in an effort to to meet tough academic targets, created a culture of cheating then turned a blind eye to it. The special investigators’ report described years of misconduct, much of it coming directly out of the superintendent’s office.

By Nancy Badertscher and Rhonda Cook

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Retired Atlanta public schools superintendent Beverly Hall will have to pay a $200,000 bond to be released from jail, far less than the $7.5 million bond a grand jury recommended, said her attorney, David J. Bailey.

He said $150,000 of that amount will be a signature bond, and $50,000 is a cash bond.

Hall will be expected to pay 10 percent of the cash bond — $5,000 — 90 percent of which is refundable at the end of the case, Bailey said in a phone interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The bond recommendation was changed after negotiations with Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, Bailey said.

“I don’t think there was really any serious entertainment of that” $7.5 million amount, Bailey said.

Four top administrators — Millicent Few, Michael Pitts, Sharon Davis-Williams and Tamara Cotman —had their bonds set at $4 million cash.

Bonds for the 30 other people named in a 90-page indictment Friday ranged from $200,000 to $2 million. But 33 of the 35 had already had their bonds adjusted by negotiating a new amount with the D.A., according to Jada Hudspetch.

Adjusted bond amounts reported as of Tuesday afternoon:

Theresia Copeland, testing coordinator, Benteen Elementary School, $50,000 (10 percent option)

Donald Bullock, testing coordinator, Usher-Collier Heights Elementary School, $1 million (no adjustment as of Tuesday afternoon)

Sandra Ward, testing coordinator, Parks Middle School, $50,000

Sheridan Rogers, testing coordinator, Gideons Elementary School, $50,000

Gregory Reid, assistant principal, Parks Middle School, $50,000

Angela Williamson, teacher, Dobbs Elementary School, $60,000

Wendy Ahmed, teacher, Humphries Elementary School, $50,000

Starlette Mitchell, teacher, Parks Middle School, $50,000

Ingrid Abella-Sly, teacher, Humphries Elementary School, $50,000

Lisa Terry, teacher, Dunbar Elementary School, $80,000

Tameka Goodson, school improvement specialist, Kennedy Middle School, $40,000 (with a 10 percent option)

Source: Fulton County Sheriff’s Office

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