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Ohio mom jailed for putting kids in safer school.
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| DjWoody |
Ohio mom jailed for putting kids in safer school.
http://www.change.org/petitions/vie...ecting_her_kids
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...s_n_814857.html
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Kelley Williams-Bolar, Ohio Mother, Convicted Of Felony For Lying To Get Kids Into Better School
Ohio mother of two Kelley Williams-Bolar was released from jail on Wednesday after serving nine days for falsifying records so that her two daughters could attend a better school.
Williams-Bolar was convicted by a jury of using her father's address to claim residency status that would allow her children to attend a higher-performing suburban school.
While her sentence was light in terms of jail time, Williams-Bolar was put on probation for two years and ordered to complete 80 hours of community service. The conviction may threaten her ability to get the teaching license she was working on.
According to NPR,
And the judge felt strongly enough about it in this case that the judge has written a letter to the State Department of Education saying this woman has no record, please don't make this a reason to pull her license.
The case has struck a cord across the nation with many sympathetic to the struggle of a mother trying to get the best education for her children. The racial undertones of Williams-Bolar's case have also not gone unnoticed.
Syracuse University Professor Boyce Watkins, who has written about the case, told HLN,
"I felt that the sentence was draconian and really, the case of Kelley WIlliams-Bolar, it's such a microcosm of everything that is wrong with America when it comes to access to educational quality, when it comes to economic inequality and when it comes to inequality in the criminal justice system."
Although many parents lie about residency, Williams-Bolar's case is unique because other parents never land in court. According to NPR, the mother fought to keep her children in the school, while other Ohio parents quickly removed their children from the school if they were confronted by district officials over residency issues.
Williams-Bolar plans to appeal the case. Efforts to support her have sprung up quickly. |
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| Stassi |
| the kids can still go to that school there now that they will be living with their father. |
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| drEamer |
| its not like she didnt do anything wrong too now......30 grand is 30 grand.....if her father lived there, why not just move there, then its not grand larceny or theft |
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| Quazar |
This is one of those stories where you sort of agree with both sides.
1. A mother wanting her kids to go to a better school makes perfect sense
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2. If she doesn't get punished for it, then every other parent who cares about their kids' education would do the same thing, thus making the bad school even worse and overcrowding the better school and hurting its quality. |
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| bigperf |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjWoody
Ohio mom jailed for putting kids in safer school.
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Kelley Williams-Bolar, Ohio Mother, Convicted Of Felony For Lying |
She should not lie...
learn the rules of the game and use them to your advantage without breaking them. |
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| Contrasts |
| I understand why she did it and would do the same, BUT there is still consequences to whatever actions you choose to do. My parents wanted me to go to a better school, so they paid for it. Just because one kid gets something better doesn't mean the other one should get the same (yes all kids should get the same treatment, BUT this isn't a perfect world, so take whatever punishment you owe if you choose to not follow rules). |
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| jester |
| The American Dream so long ago. Got to keep the unfortunate uneducated ;) |
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