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Clayton superintendent reorganizes district administration

Former DeKalb Schools administrator Morcease Beasley is the only finalist for the superintendent’s job in Clayton County. (Keith Hadley/AJC staff)
Former DeKalb Schools administrator Morcease Beasley is the only finalist for the superintendent’s job in Clayton County. (Keith Hadley/AJC staff)
By Ty Tagami
June 7, 2017

The next school superintendent in Clayton County is reorganizing the district administration, with four deputy superintendents who will alternate as second in command.

Morcease Beasley, a former DeKalb County School District administrator, was hired by Clayton County Public Schools last summer as chief improvement officer. This spring, after a nationwide search, the Clayton school board named him sole finalist for superintendent.

Beasley succeeds Luvenia Jackson, who became superintendent in 2014 with a contract through June 30.

Beasley will be hiring. His new organization chart for the 54,000-student district shows eight vacant administrative positions.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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