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PDFA black woman has been charged and convicted of records tampering after falsifying her address so that her children could go to a better public school. She was initially charged with theft of $30,000 worth of public education. She spent 10 days in jail and an Ohio parole board has denied her appeal to pardon the conviction, thereby threatening her career as an educator and making her less employable.
From Colorlines:
Kelley Williams-Bolar, an Ohio mother who was charged with larceny and record tampering earlier this year when she falsified her home address to get her daughters into a better public school, has been denied a request for pardon by an Ohio parole board, the AP reports.
Early this year Williams-Bolar spent ten days in jail when school officials found that she had used her father’s address in a neighboring school district to get her daughters into a better school. Her sentence included three years of probation and 80 hours of community service. While her theft charges were eventually dropped—school officials said she “stole” more than $30,000 worth of public education—she was convicted of records tampering. In her appeal, Williams-Bolar, who was close to getting her teaching certificate, said that the conviction threatened her career as an educator. Now, the board has ruled that the conviction will stand.
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