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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Clayton’s future?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
UPDATE: Clayton has lost its accreditation.
Today is when Clayton County public schools learn whether it will keep its accreditation. The 40-member national Accreditation Commission is scheduled to announce its decision during a 1 p.m. news conference.
It’s unclear what impact Wednesday’s recommendation from a judge will have on the accreditation decision. The judge recommended that Gov. Sonny Perdue remove four Clayton school board members from office.
Perdue hasn’t yet decided what he will do. The judge wrote that the board members “have violated the Georgia Open Meetings Act, have violated the board’s code of ethics for board members, and have engaged in conduct unbecoming of a board member and in breach of the public trust.”
Perdue asked the judge to get involved after five Clayton residents filed a complaint, accusing the board of violating state law when they put the district’s accreditation at risk.
As many of you know, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ordered the district to meet nine mandates by Sept. 1 or lose accreditation.
Three different decisions could be made about the district: retain accreditation, lose accreditation or put the system on probation, which would give them one year to fix the problems.
What do you think should happen to Clayton?
