Fulton County school board meets Tuesday, Oct. 9

The Fulton County Board of Education meets at 12 p.m., Tuesday October 9, for a work session at the school system’s Administrative Center, 786 Cleveland Ave., Atlanta. The board will be in executive session, which is not open to the public, followed by a series of public workshops, which starts at 2 p.m. Should the workshops conclude early, the board may move to immediately begin discussion of the October 18 board agenda, followed by recognitions of students and staff and a public comment session.

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