Atlanta School Superintendent Erroll Davis said Tuesday that he expects the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to move APS from "accredited on-advisement to full accreditation" this fall.
Davis said the district began last school year "under some very serious threats," which he says have been averted. Davis' remarks came during his annual state of the district speech at the Carter Center.
He praised teachers and other APS staff for weathering budget cuts, school closings and the fallout from the cheating scandal.
Twenty-five implicated educators, who will not be on the district's payroll as of this school year, are still awaiting disciplinary tribunals. The other 153 educators accused of cheating have resigned, retired or were fired, he said.
A dozen or so educators who were originally accused have been reinstated to their jobs or are awaiting a decision from the school board to be reinstated.
Davis said that "another shoe may drop" in the form of criminal charges relating to the cheating scandal.
"We don't know what will happen or when it will happen," he said, "but we do expect something to happen."
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