This month, Atlanta voters have a chance to weigh in directly on more than $464 million in Atlanta Public Schools spending.

That's the amount the school district expects to collect from a one-cent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or SPLOST, that's on the ballot this month. This isn't exactly a new tax: Atlanta has had a school sales tax for years to help fund capital projects.This would basically continue that tax. Fulton, DeKalb, Atlanta Public Schools and city of Decatur schools all have school sales taxes up for vote this month.

Early voting runs through Friday. Election Day is Tuesday.

  • $100 million to relieve crowding in Grady High School and the schools feeding into it;
  • $49.9 million for renovations and construction at the low-performing schools APS has targeted for intensive improvement efforts;
  • $8.1 million to ensure all high schools have field houses and artificial turf fields;
  • $47 million for technology purchases, including $10 million for phase one of a project to give middle and high school students their own digital devices; and
  • $5 million to upgrade security cameras and fire alarms.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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