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...
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