A South Carolina public charter school network is paying for the criminal defense of a principal charged earlier this year with failing to report child abuse and neglect allegedly committed by a subordinate.
Invoices obtained by The State Media Co. show GREEN Charter Schools, based in Greenville, retained a lawyer for Tina Shaw, the principal of its Midlands school, on the day of her arrest in February.
Through mid-April, GREEN had been invoiced more than $10,000 by the Columbia criminal defense attorney, records show…