WMAL Interview - ASHLEY CARTER - 02.20.18

Feb 20, 2018, 01:00 PM

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INTERVIEW - ASHLEY CARTER - the At-Large Representative for the DC State Board of Education – discussed the D.C. Schools Chancellor using his position to get his child into a coveted D.C. school

•    5 DC Councilmembers call for resignation of Schools Chancellor following school lottery scandal. (Fox 5 DC) -  WASHINGTON - Five D.C. Councilmembers have called for the resignation of D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson following a school lottery placement scandal.
•    D.C. Auditor Says Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson Should Be Fired. (Washington City Paper) - Independent D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson says schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson should resign or be fired. “If you cheat, you’re fired. If you lie, you’re fired. Period,” Patterson said in an interview Saturday with the City Paper. “He needs to be fired. You can’t be the head of the school system and cheat. There are school children out there for God sakes.”
•    D.C. Deputy Mayor Resigns Over Improper Transfer For Schools Chancellor’s Child. (WAMU) -- D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has accepted the resignation of her deputy mayor for education and scolded Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson after he was allowed to transfer one of his children to a different school in violation of an order from the mayor.