ATLANTA – DeKalb County’s top school official is firing two principals and demoting two other officials after an internal investigation found school funds were used to purchase books that school administrators had written.
The county investigation revealed that three educators-turned-authors took in almost $100,000 in sales to district schools. One principal was accused of using her school’s funds to buy more than $11,000 worth of copies of her own book.
The moves came after an investigation into the book sales by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Interim Superintendent Ramona Tyson concluded a separate internal investigation uncovered a misuse of school funds that was “alarming,” “disturbing” and “unethical.”