fulton county judge jerry baxter urged defendants to accept sentencing deals on monday or face significantly more time behind bars .
11 former teachers , testing coordinators and other administrators were convicted earlier this month of racketeering after a five-year investigation .
if former administrators accept deals , they would get punishments from one year of weekend jail time and a $ 10,000 fine .
if former teachers and testing coordinators accept deals , they would be given one year of home confinement and a $ 1,000 fine .
evidence of cheating was found in 44 schools across the atlanta school system , with nearly 180 educators involved .
superintendent beverly hall , the alleged ringleader who received up to $ 500,000 in payouts , died of breast cancer as the scandal went to trial .