The Fulton County school board detailed a few of the construction projects that will be funded by SPLOST IV, which Fulton voters passed last year and is projected to raise about $500 million. Among the projects: A new elementary school planned for the College Park area in 2014; a replacement McNair Middle School is set for the 2014/2015 time frame; a new elementary school in North Fulton is planned for 2014/2015; a replacement Heard Ferry Elementary School in 2015, and a new South Fulton elementary school in 2016.

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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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Passengers wait at a Delta check-in counter at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport domestic terminal on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, the first day of the Federal Aviation Administration cutting flight capacity at airports during the government shutdown. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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