Allegations of grade fixing at an Anderson County high school have taken down a popular high school principal, the head football coach, two teachers and three counselors.
Meanwhile, local education leaders have declined to take questions about how 1,500 grades were allegedly altered during the past school year at Clinton High, a school with 1,200 students located northwest of Knoxville.
At a packed school board meeting last week, parents and other community members showed up prepared to address the board about the growing scandal, but never got the chance.
The meeting was abruptly adjourned less than 15 minutes after it began, with no opportunity for public comment — a potential violation of the state’s open meeting law.
“The Clinton community deserves an investigation and review that is open and transparent,” said Worrick Robinson IV, an attorney representing former Clinton High School Principal Daniel Jenkins.