The Root: Good Education Is A Right — Not A Crime : NPR: ...Since January, two African-American women have been publicly shamed for sending their children to a school district that was better than the one in which they lived. Both Ohio mom Kelley Williams-Bolar and Connecticut's Tonya McDowell have been charged with larceny for fudging official school documents. 'I did this for them, so there it is,' said Williams-Bolar, who used her father's address to get her two daughters into a better public school. Together, Williams-Bolar and McDowell owe more than $45,000 in back tuition, according to court documents.
The Ohio school district where Williams-Bolar illegally sent her two daughters used taxpayers' money to hire a private investigator to see how far the mother would go to ensure that her daughters didn't end up in somebody's drop-out factory. In the end, she was sentenced to 10 days in jail, three years' probation and community service.
