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Ohio Gov. Asked to Pardon Mom Jailed in School Enrollment Fraud

The governor of Ohio has received 165,000 petition signatures asking him to pardon Kelley Williams-Bolar, the woman who spent 10 days in jail for fraudulently enrolling her children in a more desirable school district. Three nonprofit groups -- ColorofChange.org, Change.org and MomsRising.org -- delivered the petition to...

Ohio Mom Jailed for Lying About Kids' School Residency

How far would you go to get your children into a better public school? The best intentions of one Ohio woman landed her in jail. In a highly unusual case, Kelley Williams-Bolar, a single mother who lived in Akron public housing, was convicted of lying about her residency in order to send her two daughters to a highly...

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06/01/12 Black mothers in prison on the rise Source: Houston Defender - Houston TX A report released in 2009 detailed how minority women account for almost 50 percent of women in jail.
05/30/12 Selling out public schools Source: Salon.com "First, I talk about how I received my indictments, and then I give the laundry list of stipulations for my probation," says Williams-Bolar, who is halfway through her two-year sentence.
05/17/12 http://www.salo... Source: The Santa Barbara Independent - Santa Barbara CA "First, I talk about how I received my indictments, and then I give the laundry list of stipulations for my probation," says Williams-Bolar, who is halfway through her two-year sentence.
05/16/12 How did this parent end up in jail? Source: Salon.com Kelley Williams-Bolar is giving a speech in the dark.
05/16/12 Closing the Academic Achievement Gap Without Jailing... Source: LA Progressive Do you remember that episode of Beverly Hills 90210, in which authorities discover that Gabrielle Carteris' character, Andrea Zuckerman, has been secretly living outside of the school district , so she gets kicked out of school and they lock up her family for illegal enrollment, larceny, theft by deception, and records tampering?