For the second time the a couple of years, an Atlanta Public School System school is under fire for cheating. This time it is at North Atlanta High School where chaos has stricken the school, the principal has been sacked and five administers have been reassigned, Superintendent Erroll Davis continues to take blame and constantly hears calls for his resignation or firing, a teacher has been accused of racism (the teacher denied the claim but also has resigned), and the cherry on top- teachers have been anonymously accused internally for altering grades on not only basic assignments, but Mid-Term and Final Exams and final grades as well.
This type of behavior cannot be tolerated in the schools anymore. There is no way that these students are able to study and stay focused when they cannot even trust their teachers, administration, and school board to have their best interest at hand. It is quite sad that the students continue to face the problems that they do inside their schools; if school is supposed to be a safe place to learn and grow, why do these trials and tribulations continue to occur? If students are not able to feel like they are able to do such basic commodities given to them in the public school system, they just will not show up at all, spending their time on the street corner, not the classroom. This continues to parallel the trouble that APS elementary schools faced last year with the accusations of cheating on the CRCT, it continues to degrade the school experience and strike down all the gains these students make. If these situations continue to occur, these students will lose all hope. The true blame is attributed to the teachers though. Unlike anybody outside the nuclear family, teachers can have an enormous impact on a students life, and they need to step their game up. Please teachers, you are the students only hope.
Citations: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/more-controversy-at-north-atlanta-high-accusations/nSnr4/
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