Chapter 14 - The Scholarship CommitteeRebecca Hayes testified before the district board.
She confirmed the Franklin Trust had disqualified Lucas because confidential interview material had been compromised.
Jordan’s family had no involvement.
Thomas Reed, the committee chairman and Whitmore family acquaintance, had recused himself after the complaint.
He denied giving Mrs. Whitmore the questions.
Then investigators traced the document.
It had been printed from a foundation portal using credentials belonging to Thomas’s assistant.
The login came from an IP address later associated with Whitmore Academic Consulting’s office.
Daniel Whitmore denied accessing it.
Mrs. Whitmore denied accessing it.
But Lucas remembered his mother bringing the questions home.
The foundation referred the matter to law enforcement.
For the first time, Mrs. Whitmore faced more than employment discipline.
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Her attempt to secure Lucas’s scholarship may have caused his disqualification.
She had blamed Jordan for the consequence of her own interference.
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