Kelley Williams-Bolar on Dr. Phil
Local woman at the center of Copley-Fairlawn school residency case appears on today's show.
Kelley Williams-Bolar, of Akron, was sentenced to 10 days in Summit County Jail and received two years probation and community service for two counts of tampering with records. Earlier this week Williams-Bolar taped a discussion about her experiences with Dr. Phil McGraw for the "Dr. Phil" show.
The Rev. Al Sharpton and Beacon Journal colunmist Bob Dyer will also appear as guests on the program, which runs at 5 p.m. today on WKYC (channel 3).
The Williams-Bolar case was presented to the Summit County Prosecutor by Copley-Fairlawn Schools after an investigator hired by the district discovered that her two daughters did not live with their grandparents, as the mother had claimed.
The case has sparked a national discussion on the disparity in quality between urban and suburban schools, and whether the 40-year-old single mother received harsher punishment from the courts because of her race.
To see the "Dr. Phil" show trailer, go here.