Another Atlanta high school principal is under scrutiny for allegations of improper grade manipulation.
Atlanta Public Schools has asked prosecutors to look into the case of former Carver School of Technology principal Josie Love whom the school district's investigators allege awarded students grades they didn't deserve.
The school system referred cases involving Love and assistant principal Yolanda McKee to the Fulton County District Attorney's Office late Thursday, soon after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Channel 2 Action News began questioning the district about grading at Carver. APS also referred their cases to the state agency overseeing teacher licensure on Thursday.
Love and McKee did not return messages from the AJC.
The Carver grading allegations are the latest in a series of allegations involing grading practices at Atlanta high schools.
They all allegedly took place after the Atlanta test-cheating scandal came to light and after district officials pledged to clean up a culture of corruption at APS. The grade changes at Carver took place even while former APS educators were on trial for cheating involving state standardized tests.
This past January at Carver School of Technology, Love discovered that students in reading classes overseen by a series of substitutes did not have grades entered for the previous semester, according to a district report.
Love awarded every student a grade of 85, the equivalent of a “B,” according to the report.
The allegations at Carver first came to light when Carver secretary Rolanda Veal reported the grading problems to a district administrator.
Veal later lost her job when Love abolished her position, but APS investigators found that she had not been the victim of retaliation. She said APS officials have told her she can apply for other jobs in the district.
Atlanta students, teachers: If you’ve been affected by grade manipulation at APS, contact molly.bloom@ajc.com or (770) 263-3866.
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