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North Carolina principal resigns after cash-for-grades flap
TweetGOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina principal is retiring after school district leaders halted a cash-for-grades fundraiser she approved.
Wayne County Public Schools said today that Rosewood Middle School principal Susie Shepherd has gone on leave for the rest of the month and will retire at the beginning of December.
The Goldsboro middle school had planned to allow students to buy 20 test points for a $20 donation. Shepherd says she approved the idea after a parent advisory council presented it as a way to raise money for new technology for the school.
School district officials stopped the fundraiser this week, saying no students will get extra credit and any donations will be returned.
The district says a new principal is expected to be named next week.
Comments
Not sure how this is relevant to Youngstown area ... I mean, the school districts are bad off and all that, but still...
Very relevant ! This would be an excellent way to get some of that crack money that escapes taxation and it would rase the low grades of the students . Would this be the upper echelon of political correctness or what ?