ACHS Principal Waives Court Appearance

Atlantic City High School Principal Constance Days-Chapman, who is facing official misconduct charges after allegedly failing to report child abuse, waived her first court appearance Tuesday. According to the Press of Atlantic City, she’s now scheduled to appear in front of Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury at 9 a.m. May 20 for a pre-indictment conference. She was charged March 28 with official misconduct, hindering apprehension of another, obstruction of justice and failure to report child abuse. The city’s Board of Education was expected to appoint Secondary Education Director Donald Harris as the high school’s acting principal during its regular meeting Tuesday night.