Among those alsoindictedwere four of Hall's executive administrators, six principals, two assistant principals, six testing coordinators, 14 teachers, a school improvement specialist and a school secretary.
Mr Patton's reputation was clobbered by the revelation that he had had an extra-marital affair and also by accusations of cronyism: he pardoned several staff members who wereindicted for alleged irregularities in the 1995 statewide election (when he won his first term).