- Certain key teachers were given advanced copies of the TAKS tests
- There was a pattern of nepotism. Both Mable Caleb's son and niece were hired as teacher's assistants
- Student uniforms were sold to students at a profit
- The cafeteria sold unauthorized junk foods
- Dances for which students had to pay for were held during school hours
Investigation finds cheating, theft at Key Middle
HOUSTON
HISD Thursday released a report of its internal investigation into the cheating allegations. The laptops had been moved from Key to Kashmere High School and that became part of a broader investigation.
Dozens of teachers and administrators have been interviewed over the last few months by investigators hired by the district. What they found was cheating, misuse of funds and theft.
Former Key Middle School teacher Jackie Anderson is seeing the scathing report for the first time. She takes issue with the fact that she is named in it.
"I'm very insulted, very insulted," said Anderson.
She says what's written about her is simply not true.
"I really don't like the fact that somebody would take something that I said and misrepresent it or just blatantly lie," said Anderson.
HISD released the lengthy report Thursday afternoon. It was the result of an investigation that began when we asked about allegations of equipment theft at Key Middle School. Surveillance video showed former Key Principal Mable Caleb wheeling a chair out of the building. She was the focus of the investigation.
According to the report, there was much more going on. For instance, investigators say the following took place: