Education

Fulton schools deemed inefficient with taxpayer dollars

By Ty Tagami
July 14, 2016

Fulton County Schools earned one of the worst scores in metro Atlanta under a new “financial efficiency” measure unveiled Thursday by state education officials.

The school district earned a score of 2 in the 1-5 point rating system, with 1 being the worst. It was the second lowest score among big metro Atlanta districts and among the worst in the state, with 23 of the 180 districts scoring lower. Atlanta Public Schools had the worst score among big urban districts.

Read more about the rating system here.

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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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