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Friday, September 12, 2008
Off with their heads!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You know, I got so wrapped up yesterday with DeKalb County’s school busing proposal that I nearly didn’t see this from our Megan Matteucci: “If state business leaders get their way, the state could take over troubled schools, no teachers could serve on local school boards and board members would no longer be paid.” See the full story here. The recommendations come from the high falutin’ Commission for School Board Excellence, a 23-member panel asked by state school leaders to weigh in on what makes a good school board in the wake of the accreditation mess for schools in Clayton County. In that same vein, Gov. Sonny Perdue said last week that he may be agreeable to changes to the state constitution that would allow Georgia to intervene more with troubled school systems. Now, I’ve always thought the good guv liked smaller government, not bigger. Are the issues in Clayton worth it?
