Teachers and administrators in the Atlanta and Dougherty County school systems are lawyering up after Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed two former prosecutors and a longtime law enforcement investigator to ferret out possible cheating on student standardized tests. Investigators and school employees appear to be preparing for what will be a long investigation that could result in criminal charges.
Tim Callahan, a spokesman for the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, said the organization’s in-house attorneys already have begun fielding calls from employees of the two school systems who are seeking advice or appointed counsel, for which PAGE will foot the bill.
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