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Opportunity School District rejected

Decatur, Nov. 8, 2016 - Vonita Carter, 45, with grandson D’andre, outside the St. Philip AME precinct south of Decatur. Carter voted for Amendment 1 because she thinks the state should be able to intervene in failing schools. “No child should be left behind,” she said. FIONA TAGAMI/for the AJC
Decatur, Nov. 8, 2016 - Vonita Carter, 45, with grandson D’andre, outside the St. Philip AME precinct south of Decatur. Carter voted for Amendment 1 because she thinks the state should be able to intervene in failing schools. “No child should be left behind,” she said. FIONA TAGAMI/for the AJC
By Ty Tagami
Nov 9, 2016

Georgia voters rejected the ballot question to amend the state constitution and allow a state takeover of the worst performing schools.

Six of ten votes cast on Amendment 1 were against the proposal, which would have established a statewide Opportunity School District.

The district would have been run by a new state agency with authority to take schools deemed to be “chronically failing” from the control of local school boards.

Read all about it at myAJC.com.

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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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