Eleven of 12 defendants charged in a massive cheating scandal in the Atlantic Public School system were convicted on Wednesday.

Authorities took 10 of them into custody, and the remaining one woman — who is pregnant — will remain out on bond until she can be sentenced, according to a CNN report.

The 11 individuals were convicted of racketeering along with some other convictions, and a few acquittals on other charges including making false statements, while one teacher was formally acquitted of all charges, according to the report.

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said that “we’ve been fighting for the children in our community,” particularly those who had been set back by the cheating scandal. He said that sentencing would happen in the next few weeks.

A grand jury indicted 35 teachers in 2013. More than 20 of them accepted a plea deal. At its height, a total of 180 teachers at 44 schools were suspected of being involved after a state review found widespread cheating in elementary and middle schools in the district.

The cheating is believed to have gone on since 2001 when the test scores began to soar for the school district. The review found that test answers were altered or falsely certified between 2005 and 2009. A former Georgia attorney general who investigated the scandal in 2013 said that the district held “cheating parties” where teachers made changes to students’ answers on tests.

Educators participated to earn bonuses or simply for pride, according to the report.

Beverly Hall, who was the superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, resigned in 2010 and was too ill to go to trial, dying in March. She denied that she had any knowledge of the cheating scandal.

The Atlanta public school system includes 50,000 students.

Racketeering convictions can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.