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Fulton Schools public hearing Tuesday on closing of three south side elementary schools

By Jeffry Scott
Feb 11, 2013

The Fulton County School Board is meeting 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 786 Cleveland Ave., for a work session and public comment on its plan to close three elementary schools — Harriet Tubman, in College Park, and Mt. Olive and Oak Knoll in East Point — as part of a district realignment of attendance zones and feeder schools in South Fulton.

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