Three more to plead guilty in APS case
Two former testing coordinators and a former school improvement specialist pleaded guilty Friday in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating scandal.
These pleas bring to 11 the number of educators who have admitted to wrongdoing in the massive case. None of the defendants has received prison time for their roles in the scandal.
Those who entered pleas: former testing coordinator Francis Mack from D.H. Stanton Elementary School and Sheridan Rogers, who served as testing coordinator at Gideons Elementary; and former school improvement specialist Tameka Goodson of Kennedy Middle School.
All three women pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of obstruction and were sentenced to 12 months on probation and ordered to perform 250 hours of community service. They were also given first offender treatment, meaning if they abide by the terms of their probation, their convictions will be erased.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
