EPISD Cheating Scandal Complete Coverage

to our complete coverage over the e-p-i-s-d cheating scandal. the texas education agency put a former bowie high school counselor on the stand to share her recollection of what happened while she was working for the school. abc-seven’s evan folan has our complete coverage…. counselor patricia scott worked at bowie for 16 years – before leaving for another school after she testified s s were being manipulated. vo: this morning scott took the this morning scott took the stand and was questioned by the texas education agency for nearly two hours. she detailed her role as a counselor – and agency for nearly two hours. she detailed her role as a counselor – and described how student requirements changed when new administration arrived back in 2008. scott said one major change was the classifications for class credits – which allowed students to advance to the next grade level. prior to the change 9th graders need 5.5 credits to move up to the 10th grade – however after the change students need 6.. scott said neither students nor parents knew about the change. she said several students didnt have enough credits to advance – the year after the change was implemented. scott testified that the change in credits caused for the 10th grade class size to drop by more than 80 students from the previous year. when the defense cross- examined scott, they introduced a letter from the former principal blaming her for the discrepancies, saying quote: more than 80 percent of the transcripts contained mistakes – if these errors were not fixed she could face reassignment. tag: comin up in the next hour ill tell you what those discrepancies were and what became of it. and why scott called her life a living hell while working at bowie. live from the courthouse edf abc- the last two officers killed in dallas a week ago will be laid to rest tomorrow. officer michael krol’s