Secret Handshake Reveals Principal's Stretched Resume
Principal Resigns; Cites Personal Reasons
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POSTED: 1:01 pm CST January 10, 2006
CLEVELAND -- Busted!
A charter-school principal in Cleveland has resigned, after failing to recognize a secret handshake.
That's what tipped off the head of the school's advisory board that the principal might have lied about his background.
The advisory board leader, Tim Goler, had been a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
The principal -- Lewis Thomas -- claimed to have been a member as well.
But when Goler offered Thomas the fraternity's secret handshake, Thomas didn't recognize it.
Goler said it turns out that much of Thomas' resume was false.
Thomas denied that. He said he resigned for personal reasons.
