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NEWS EIGHT WAS
THERE... AS PRINCIPAL KEMIT
CAROLINA -- WHOSE INVOLVED IN
AN ALLEGED GRADE TAMPERING
SCANDAL -- LEFT THE NEW HAVEN
BOARD OF EDUCATION BUILDING
THIS AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY,
I'M KEITH KOUNTZ... AND I'M
HAVE THE NIGHT OFF. KEMIT
CAROLINA HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
FOR THREE DAYS WITHOUT PAY.
SUSPENSIONS ANNOUNCED
YESTERDAY. THE FOOTBALL
COACH... ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL... A PART-TIME
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AND THE
WHO OVERSAW THE SUMMER
PROGRAM... HAVE ALL BEEN
SUSPENDED FOR TWO DAYS WITHOUT
PAY. NEWS EIGHT'S ERIN
LOGAN IS LIVE WITH WHAT
CAROLINA HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE
PUNISHMENT. ERIN?
CAROLINA AND HIS LAWYER TELL
ME
PUNISHMENT. ERIN?
TODAY HE DOES NOT ACCEPT THIS
PUNISHMENT BECAUSE HE DID
NOTHING WRONG. THEYBELIEVE
THIS INVESTIGATION WAS A JOKE
AND THEY'RE NOT AT ALL
SURPRISED BY THE OUTCOME
BECAUSE CAROLINA IS NOT A
MAYOR DESTEFANO SUPPORTER.
AFTER MONTHS OF INVESTIGATING
GRADE TAMPERING AT HILLHOUSE
HIGH SCHOOL COME THE
PUNISHMENTS.. ALL ALONG,
SAYING THERE'S NO PROOF THIS
COULD'VE HAPPENED, BUT THAT
WASN'T THE CASE. MAYOR JOHN
DESTEFANO14:40 WHAT THE GRADE
REVIEWS SHOWS, COURSE TITLES
WERE CHANGED FROM SUMMER
SCHOOL, GRADES WERE CHANGED,
BROKEN, AND THE COACHES AND
STAFF CHANGES AND MODIFIED
GRADES OF STUDENT ATHLETES. :56
CAROLINA SAYS THE PUNISHMENT
OF WHO INVESTIGATED...AND WHO
CARLOLINA DIDN'T SUPPORT
TODAY HIS LAWYER SAYS, ":WE
HAVE STATED FROM THE BEGINNING
WITCH HUNT LED BY ATTORNEY
FLOYD DUGAS, A FINANCIAL
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGNWHO WAS
CLEARLY BIAS IN HIS ROLE AS
WHY DIDN'T AN OUTSIDE PARTY DO
THE INVESTIGATION? WHY OR WHY
NOT? WHY NOT. IT DID. FLOYD
DUGAS WAS AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY.
CAROLINA'S LAWYER SAYS HE DOES
NOT ACCEPT THE THREE DAY
SUSPENSION WITOUT PAY. THAT
WILL QUOTE, "ALLOW THE MAYOR
TO ONCE AGAIN MANEUVER HIS WAY
STARTEDDUE TO HIS OWN
VINDICTIVE NATURE." CAROLINA
SAYS HIS FORMER ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL, SHEILA LOVE JOYNER,
A DESTEFANO SUPPORTER SPARKED
THE WHOLE INVESTIGATION.
JOYNER HAS SINCE FILED A
DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINT
CAROLINA AND HIS ATTORNEY.
DESTEFANO16:50 THIS WAS AN
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT
HILLHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL WHO CAME
GRADE TAMPERING AT HILLHOUSE
HIGH SCHOOL. ANY CHARGE IT'S
BEEN POLITICAL HAS BEEN MADE A
CAROLINA'S THREE DAY
SUSPENSION IS APPROPRIATE
ALONG WITH FOUR OTHERS WHO
15:58 IT WAS LIMITED , MOSTLY
STUDENT ATHLETES, BUT IT
OCCURRED. AND I THINK IT SEND
AN INCREDIBLY BAD MESSAGE TO
OUR KIDS.
OCCURRED. AND I THINK IT SEND
WE HAVE THE RELEASE WITH THE
DETAILS OF CAROLINA'S
SUSPENSION, ALONG WITH THE
OTHER EMPLOYEES ON OUR
WEBSITE. COMINGUP IN ABOUT 15
MINUTES, KERMIT CAROLINA WILL
SPEAK OUTR ABOUT HIS
PUNISHMENT. WE'LL BRING THAT
TO YOU LIVE.