Superintendent Dorsey Hopson said Wednesday that more people could be fired and even face criminal charges as a result of a deeper investigation into the high rate of grade changes that happened at seven Memphis high schools over four years.

Saying that he’s angry and ultimately responsible for oversight of Tennessee’s largest district, Hopson said independent auditors soon will go into those schools to begin talking with people responsible for grade changes.

I don’t know what the statute says around false grading but, from my standpoint, what has happened to these kids is criminal.

“I just want to be clear that, to the extent that they find that there were inappropriate grade changes either made by people or directed by people, then those people are going to be fired,” Hopson told reporters. “That’s just as clear as I can be.”

Beyond that, Hopson’s administration is discussing the possibility of turning over a list of former school administrators to the district attorney, who would have subpoena power in the matter. He said “nobody would talk” when contacted by auditors during the first external review.

Read the full article on Memphis grade changing by Caroline Bauman at Chalkbeat