JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A March 6 sentencing hearing has been set for a woman convicted of bribing a former Greenville Public School District superintendent to use her reading program for children.
Edna Goble, who owned Teach Them To Read in Conyers, Ga., pleaded guilty on Oct. 7, the same day her trial was to begin. Her reading program is called EDNA, for Early Detection Necessary Action.
Prosecutors recommended house arrest for her.
Authorities say Goble paid bribes to former superintendent Harvey Franklin for him to influence the school board to use the $1.4 million reading program.
Franklin pleaded guilty in August 2012. He’s serving more than six years in prison.
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