Former Morningside principal given new contract
ALBANY — A tribunal hearing the school system’s case against Dougherty Comprehensive High Principal Jose Roquemore Wednesday has recommended that the Dougherty County School Board give him a new contract.
Roquemore, who was principal at Morningside Elementary when the alleged cheating on the 2008 CRCT exams took place, was among those named in a report compiled by state investigators.
In the report, investigators stated
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