Lawsuit filed against City of Athens, former superintendent, police officers over 2019 arrest
The lawsuit is in regard to a video-taped arrest in 2019.
Posted: Apr 13, 2021 12:41 PM
Posted By: Stephen Gallien, Ashley Thusius
A federal lawsuit targets the city of Athens, former Athens City Schools superintendent Trey Holladay and three police officers over a 2019 arrest.
Teri Williams filed the lawsuit on behalf of her child, Kirby, along with two 19-year-old former students. It is over a video-taped arrest after some students were disciplined for talking in class.
The lawsuit accuses the officers of violating the students constitutional rights. It demands a trial by jury, as well as compensatory and punitive damages.
Former Limestone County Schools superintendent pleads guilty in student enrollment fraud scheme
Tom Sisk
Posted: Apr 8, 2021 3:06 PM
Updated: Apr 8, 2021 3:17 PM
Posted By: Stephen Gallien
Former Limestone County Schools Superintendent Tom Sisk pleaded guilty in a student enrollment fraud scheme.
Sisk went before a federal judge Thursday in a virtual hearing to enter his plea agreement. The judge allowed him to remain free on bond until his sentencing hearing.
Sisk is one of six people indicted in the fraud scheme. Two others also pleaded guilty Thursday.
He will be a witness for prosecutors in his remaining co-defendant’s trial, including that of former Athens City Schools Superintendent Trey Holladay.
Former head of Alabama school district pleads in fraud case
April 9, 2021
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) A former head of an Alabama school district has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge.
Tom Sisk, former superintendent for Limestone County Schools, entered the plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in Montgomery to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. He appeared by video teleconference in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jerusha T. Adams, multiple news agencies reported.
Sisk is one of six people facing charges in an alleged multi-million dollar scheme. Prosecutors said the indictment alleges that the defendants were involved in a complicated scheme to fraudulently enroll students in public virtual schools. Private school students were wrongly counted as being enrolled in online classes through public schools to boost attendance by hundreds and obtain additional state funding, the indictment said.
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