The AJC reports today that indicted ex APS superintendent Beverly Hall is ­battling breast cancer. Earlier this week, the death of  former APS principal Willie Davenport, one of 35 educators indicted on charges of cheating on standardized tests along with Hall,  was announced.

Davenport was 66 and facing criminal charges of racketeering and two counts of making false statements.  She was scheduled to go on trial with others accused of cheating next spring. The cause and date of her death had not been released.  Davenport was the principal at D.H. Stanton Elementary School in central Atlanta in 2009 when a state investigation into cheating said she falsified attendance records and failed to properly monitor standardized tests.

In a statement about  Hall to the AJC, Atlanta attorney Richard Deane said, “As has been reported to the court in connection with her bond determination, Dr. Hall has been diagnosed with breast cancer, a serious medical condition for which she is receiving treatment. As a matter of her personal privacy, Dr. Hall does not choose to say more.”

"On behalf of Dr. Hall, we do want to thank her many friends and supporters who have contacted her in response to these reports,” Deane said. “She continues to be grateful for their support and takes encouragement from their kind thoughts and well wishes. Please be assured that whatever her health concerns, Dr. Hall will continue to fight the charges brought against her as she is innocent of these charges.”

The AJC reports Hall’s attorneys will contest the charges, insisting Hall is innocent. In recent weeks, Hall’s legal team informed Fulton prosecutors of her illness.