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APS ethics panel dismisses parent complaint against board vice-chair

Complaint alleged that Atlanta school board member called parent a “liar”
Eshe Collins has called the allegations filed against her "baseless." Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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Eshe Collins has called the allegations filed against her "baseless." Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
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Aug 9, 2018

The Atlanta school board's ethics commission dismissed a parent's complaint against the board's vice-chairwoman, Eshé Collins.

The independent panel investigated a complaint that alleged Collins called Dawn Brockington-Shaw "a liar" during a community meeting in June. The complaint alleged Collins violated conflict of interest and conduct as a board member policies as well as the code of ethics oath during a dispute that grew heated.

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The ethics panel met Tuesday after reviewing the matter and "unanimously determined that no good and sufficient cause existed for a determination that a violation may have occurred."

Collins previously described the allegations as “completely baseless” and said she was confident that the commission would resolve the matter in her favor.

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