rincipal, supervisor clashed from start (Atlanta Schools Scandal)

Jimmye Hawkins probably couldn’t have taken charge of Atlanta’s Scott Elementary School under more awkward circumstances. Her predecessor was among the 12 principals suddenly reassigned amid a cheating investigation that cast a shadow across the city’s school system. Her new boss was friends with the old principal, and hardly welcomed Hawkins’ arrival. On top of everything else, Hawkins is a middle-aged white woman, brought in from a mostly white Northside school. Scott Elementary sits across town on Hollywood Road. All but 10 or so of the more than 400 students are black. A week after Hawkins moved to Scott, administrators...