The Ethics Commission of the Atlanta Board of Education decided by a five to one vote that school board chairman Reuben McDaniel did not violate the district’s ethics policies in his involvement last year with North Atlanta High and the district’s delay in offering an employment contract to teacher Amy Durham. The commission decided in December to investigate an ethics complaint that McDaniel had meddled. McDaniel said Tuesday he was pleased with the commission’s ruling.

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Uta Thomas picks up her son, Jax, during a public hearing in Atlanta on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. She implored the school board not to close Dunbar Elementary. 
"You would centralize education to decentralized families," she said. "You would break apart a community hub." (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

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FILE - President Donald Trump arrives and walks by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to address a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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