[Elementary School Teacher] Ms. Parks admitted to {Georgia state investigator] Mr. Hyde that she was one of seven teachers \u201d\u201d nicknamed \u201cthe chosen\u201d\u009d \u201d\u201d who sat in a locked windowless room every afternoon during the week of state testing, raising students\u2019 scores by erasing wrong answers and making them right. She then agreed to wear a hidden electronic wire to school, and for weeks she secretly recorded the conversations of her fellow teachers for Mr. Hyde.<\/p>\n
In the two and a half years since, the state\u2019s investigation reached from Ms. Parks\u2019s third-grade classroom all the way to the district superintendent at the time, Beverly L. Hall, who was one of 35 Atlanta educators indicted Friday by a Fulton County grand jury.<\/p>\n
Dr. Hall, who retired in 2011, was charged with racketeering, theft, influencing witnesses, conspiracy and making false statements. Prosecutors recommended a $7.5 million bond for her; she could face up to 45 years in prison….<\/p>\n