Mom jailed for sending kids to better school

http://www.nma.tv/ Kelley Williams-Bolar, a single mom from Akron, Ohio, has been convicted of a felony for claiming her daughters lived with their grandparents so they could go to a better school.
She wanted her daughters to attend school in suburban Copley Township, rather than near the projects in Akron, the location of their school district.
Sending one's kids to school in a better district is common in the US, where there's a huge difference in the quality of education between rich and poor areas.
Most of those caught get off with a slap on the wrist, but in this case the the judge said prosecutors wanted to make an example of Williams-Bolar.
The school district even hired a private detective to prove the girls lived with their Williams-Bolar in Akron and not with their grandparents in Copley Township.
Williams-Bolar has been working as a teaching assistant while studying for a teaching degree. Her felony conviction will make it hard for her to find work an educator in the future.
Prosecutors are also seeking to convict the girls' grandfather of a felony.

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[ImmortalDestructor]

So the cops would rather jail a single mom who was trying to get best chance for her kids than actually look at why she would do that. WTF!

[AlterEgoTrip]

When there is an immoral principle in enforcement of law, then the law should be ignored. In this case, the state has created even more state dependent people who will probably use this experience as an example of the hopelessness of the condition of living in any environment where no progress can happen for the good of people.

Arresting her and jailing her is immoral

Residence problems? Rahm Emanuel has come back to the ballot in Chicago AGAIN. Maybe they should arrest Rahm Emanuel instead.

[flatl1n3]

Title should read :Mom jailed for stealing. If she wanted her kids to go to that school district then she should have moved to and paid taxes in that system.

[smitlos]

You have to know all the facts in this one! She lied, she told the school that she was at war over seas, like it meant nothing. There are just some things you don't do if you don't want to be a scumbag and that is an automatic bid to the lowest!

[soadfreak313]

@ImmortalDestructor How about this: it takes FUNDING for a good school to function. She wasn't paying the taxes... so she's not eligible to send her kids there. It's pretty easy to figure this out, guys... she cheated and got caught. And when she was caught, she refused to take MANY alternative routes, so she ended up here, and the media presented it one-sided in the mom's favor. Get a grip!

[fridaysindetroit]

@soadfreak313 Those families didn't receive felony charges because they either paid the money back or made arrangements for their children to attend the school legally. I didn't find any info about "alternatives" given to Williams-Bolar. Considering she tried to give her father P-O-A, I'd say she did try to make her children's education legal. I'd like to know what happened with the P-O-A issue. Also, "You people"? Hmmm...

[fridaysindetroit]

@soadfreak313 I'll admit that I didn't know all of the facts, so I did some research. In 2008, Williams-Bolar's father tried to file grandparen­t authorizat­ion/power-of-attorn­ey over her children. The US Education Depart. sent letters to the school district and her attorney about this issue. Only Williams-Bolar's lawyer complied/replied. At that time, the US Ed Depart. also considered the "matter closed." Since 2005, there were other families that were caught, including 29 black families.

[soadfreak313]

@fridaysindetroit I watched the video -- YOU have not watched updates to this case. You know WHY she wasn't allowed to send her kids there? Because she didn't pay the tax dollars used to fund the school, like all the other parents sending their kids there. SHE WAS OFFERED SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES, but she gave them the finger, so it HAD to come down to this.

You people need to understand funding before you can judge the school district or the court rulings. THAT is what you need to get over.

[fridaysindetroit]

@soadfreak313 You obviously didn't watch the video. The judge said prosecutors wanted to make "an example" of this woman. While it's true other families, of all races, have been caught doing this, when was the last you saw someone punished this severely? I'll wait for your response. Oh, and PS, get over YOURself.

[soadfreak313]

@sgreen4 Umm. No. Please read up on the truth. They offered her ways out, but the money they spend investigating doesn't even COMPARE to the money the school lost when Williams-Bolar STOLE $30k FROM THEM. There were dozens of other families that were caught too, but only one refused: she did. She had quiet/cheap resolutions at first, but she refused, so this is why she ended up here.

This is a simple story: she cheated, lied, and stole and got caught. THE END!

[soadfreak313]

@fridaysindetroit This is not a race case. Get over it. This happens to families of all races. The law applies to everyone.

[soadfreak313]

@ImmortalDestructor You guys need to get the REAL facts. This case was reported so terribly, that it left out all the details about how Williams-Bolar WAS OFFERED SEVERAL OTHER ALTERNATIVES FIRST, but refused to cooperate. Many of these alternatives were small fines that would be settled quietly! But she refused. THIS is why the school was forced to bring this lying, cheating, stealing mother to the courts.

You can't reap the benefits of a good school if you're not funding it via taxes!