Historic sports photos disappear from APS elementary | www.wsbtv.com
An Atlanta substitute teacher is frantically searching for a collection of historic photos.
The folder of photos, which feature iconic African-American sports heroes, disappeared after he gave a presentation to students at a southeast Atlanta elementary school.
"Your pictures come up missing, it's disheartening. I mean, it breaks my heart," said Jackie Brown.
You have to get almost to the end of the article before the school is identified: Dobbs Elementary, on the south side in the Thomasville area. You can't miss it: It's right there on Jonesboro Road, and it looks like a well-appointed prison. In Thomasville, where the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary is located, that means it looks like it belongs.
Brown said he showed the photos to two classes at Dobbs Elementary School last month. After the second class, he placed the folder of 30 photographs back into his briefcase and went to the restroom. He discovered them missing when he arrived home.
"There is no way I misplaced them. I showed those photographs 15 minutes before they went to lunch. I had them and now, they're gone," said Brown.
I don't know why they bothered to "investigate" since Brown didn't notice his pictures were missing until he got home. But I do know why he's making such a tearful emotional appeal to get them back: It's really the only chance he has. But it's a slim chance, since the students in the Dobbs / Thomasville area are not known for their compassion.
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