Jones tells the Buffalo News that when she confronted Principal Brigette Gillespie about the forgeries, Gillespie initially denied any wrongdoing. According to Jones, it was only after she pointed out she couldn’t have signed one of the documents on the day in question because she was in the hospital for surgery that Principal Gillespie admitted, “We signed your name.”
As the charges of wrongdoing became public and worked their way up the school district’s chain of command, Jones claims administrators tried to pressure her into stating “she had given the principal permission to sign her name to a school improvement plan document but had forgotten,” the News reports.