A retired former Sutton Middle School principal says the sandwich incident that preceded Coweta County Commission candidate Tim Ryan’s resignation from Atlanta Public Schools was not an isolated lapse, but the culmination of documented concerns she had been reporting to district officials since his arrival at the school.
“It was the straw that broke Atlanta’s back. I had been documenting him since he arrived,” said the retired principal, whose name is being withheld at her request.
Ryan resigned from Atlanta Public Schools in March 2020 after the district investigated an incident in which four witnesses reported that he took a student’s sandwich, placed it inside his pants, removed it, and then ate it in front of students. Ryan denied placing the sandwich in his pants and told investigators it went under his shirt as part of a sleight-of-hand trick…