Education

Forum for school board candidates

By Ty Tagami
March 13, 2014

The NAACP DeKalb County Branch will host a forum Saturday for candidates running in the May 20 school board election.

Twenty two candidates qualified to run, and all seven seats are open.

The forum is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at South DeKalb Office Park, 3015 South Rainbow Drive, Decatur.

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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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