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An Atlanta area high school teacher has been accused of pursuing a "hit" on a 16-year-old student. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, officials at Clayton County schools are investigating charges a teacher threatened a student after questioning the teen's sexuality.

Randolph Forde

Randolph Forde, a teacher at Mundy’s Mill High School is the person identified as the person accused. According to CNN (citing a Clayton County Police report) the incident occurred October 9.


The news wire notes in the report, "The suspect took a student off a school bus and told him he "would pay him to kill the victim," the report says. When the student asked who the target would be, the suspect said he'd write the name on a note, it says."

More details from CNN. "The teacher held a piece of paper up with the victim's name on it," said Officer Otis Willis III of the Clayton police.