First Slice 2-18-14: Former top APS official pleads guilty, expected to testify against ex-superintendent Beverly Hall

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• Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall

Millicent Few, one of the highest-ranking Atlanta Public Schools officials tied to the 2009 cheating scandal, pleaded guilty to wrongdoing and will likely become a key witness in the case against former APS Superintendent Beverly Hall. “This does not change Dr. Hall’s resolve to continue to fight the charges against her. She is presumed innocent and continues to look forward to her day in court,” Hall attorney Richard Deane said.

Mayor Kasim Reed won’t follow New York City’s lead to give all residents, no matter their immigration status, ID cards to help them open bank accounts and sign leases. “We are interested in finding ways to make the city of Atlanta a more welcoming city. But right now this particular initiative is not on our agenda,” Reed spokesman Carlos Campos told the AJC.

Atlanta’s public works department has begun to clear gravel and salt debris from the city’s major streets. With any luck, officials hope to finish cleaning up by this Friday.

Emory University Police are still searching for a man who they say was recently involved in raping a female student near Emory Village.

Authorities have issued criminal warrants for YouthPride Executive Director Terence McPhaul for writing close to $4,000 in bad rent checks for his LGBT youth nonprofit. “I’m sick. I’m in a shitty mood. I made it clear for you to never call my personal number. YouthPride is closed today,” he told the Georgia Voice before hanging up the phone.