the best education...part two

Copley-Fairlawn School District accused the single mother and her father, Edward Williams, of cheating the system out of educational services that the district has valued at $30,000. The district has asked the family to re-pay the money.Dr. Boyce Watkins, a professor at Syracuse University, calls the case an example of "educational apartheid."Akron's schools are either under "academic watch" or have been declared in "academic emergency." The schools the two girls, age 14 and 16, attended in the Copley-Fairlawn District are described as high-achieving and "schools of excellence."Seattle School District, says they are investigating at least three cases where parents falsified information to put their children into what could be considered a better school than the one they would have normally been assigned. Whipple assures, however, they would never go so far as to have charges filed against a parent for lying to get their child into a school outside their attendance zone.
　

Mother jailed for trying to get her kids a better education
Credit: CNN
by Cynthia Wise / KING 5 News, Senior Assignments Editor
KING5.com
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:13 PM
A 40-year old Akron, Ohio woman has been released from jail, a week after being found guilty of falsifying documents to get her two daughters into a better school.
When Kelley Williams-Bolar signed paperwork saying her two daughters lived at her father's house rather than in subsidized housing in a high-crime area of North Akron with her, she says she was only seeking to give them a chance at a better life. Her father lives about five miles away in Copley Township, Ohio, where schools are better and there is less crime.
The story has made headlines around the country since the

Neither of the schools Williams-Bolar's daughters would have attended near their North Akron home made adequate yearly progress. In fact, 25 percent of
Ironically, the girls actually spent much of their time at their grandfather's house while their mother worked and attended school. Williams-Bolar may end up losing her job over the incident. She worked as a special education teacher's aide and was taking night classes in hopes of becoming a teacher herself. Under Ohio law, felons are prohibited from teaching.
Teresa Whipple, a spokeswoman for the

The comment has been submitted for review. Thank you .Comments: Displaying 1 - 13 of 13jujubeen38 said on February 8, 2011 at 3:01 PM
People are talking about if she paid property tax there then thats where her kids should go, if she lived there she could send her kids. WELL lets look at that if she rented she would not pay property tax and since the fathers dad lives in the district I would assume he pays property tax or the rental he lives at does either way he has the right to send his kids as long as the school is collectin g money from one of the parents or from the place of residence of one parent. This is just plane..... yes I am going to say it ...discrimination. The school should be ashamed, this is a parent that obviously cares about her kids and is involved enough to know that the school is not doing well where she resides and she should have a choice to send them to the school where there father resides. Whats the difference property taxes are being paid at both residences you don't opt out just because you don't have kids attending. LEAVE HER ALONE.
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