Kenyetta Wilbourn-Snapp
Here's another blow to Gov. Rick Snyder's Educational Achievement Authority (EAA), which has been set up to reform the underperforming Detroit schools.
Federal authorities on Thursday announced a public corruption indictment of former EAA principal Kenyetta Wilbourn Snapp, the former principal of Denby High School and Mumford High School, and two others, on charges that they all conspired to commit bribery and money laundering.
The two others named in the five-count indictment issued in July, but unsealed Thursday, included Glynis Thornton, whose company, Making a Difference Everyday (“M.A.D.E.”), provided after-school tutoring services to Denby and Mumford, and Paulette Horton, who was an independent contractor working for M.A.D.E., the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
According to a press release, the indictment charges that Principal Kenyetta Wilbourn Snapp selected Thornton’s M.A.D.E. as the after-school tutoring vendor for Denby and Mumford.
In exchange, authorities allege that Thornton paid Snapp kickbacks as a reward for Snapp selecting and retaining M.A.D.E. as the after-school tutoring vendor. Thornton allegedly disguised payments to Snapp by causing checks to be issued payable to Horton’s company, rather than paying Snapp directly, authorities said. Horton would then deposit and withdraw the money and give it to Snapp.
