The school I used to teach at in DC that is being investigated for a missing $100K has a new scandal

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D.C. schools investigating possible grade-doctoring at McKinley
Washington Examiner
http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2011/03/dc-schools-investigating-possible-grade-doctoring-mckinley

D.C. Public Schools officials are investigating accusations that the principal at McKinley Technology High School assigned phony grades to seniors, according to school officials.

"We are aware of allegations regarding Principal Pinder. The allegations are part of an ongoing investigation," DCPS spokesman Fred Lewis said.

Current and former McKinley employees told The Washington Examiner that Pinder instructed data clerks to doctor transcripts for several years at the Northeast magnet school.

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Sources close to the investigation say it developed from Stewart's probe into a $100,000 award given to McKinley. The D.C. attorney general handed that case over to federal investigators last week, saying "the funds may have been mishandled."

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Never worked for this particular principal (Mine was the one before), but I know some of the players mentioned in the story. Fun times.

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1. And has made the Washington Post...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-principal-under-investigation-for-allegedly-doctoring-student-transcripts/2011/03/22/ABsqz7DB_allComments.html?ctab=all_&#comments

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2. get this to the Greatest page for old Tech High...

I hope this is not true...this school has gone through so much in its last 30 years....

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3. Oh, there's apparently a lot going on over there...

Missing laptops that have already resulted in a teacher arrest

Missing money, and quite a lot of it

Odd grades


The students have been talking about this a lot on social media--they're distraught that the school's reputation might get sullied as a result of recent events.