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School accreditation agency weighing whether to investigate

By Ty Tagami
Sept 17, 2012

A school accreditation agency says it expects to decide by the end of this week whether to send an investigative team into the DeKalb County school system.

AdvancEd, parent company of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, sent a letter to Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson last month containing allegations that her school board had micromanaged administrative matters while failing to effectively oversee system finances.

Atkinson sent a response last week, and AdvancEd spokeswoman Jennifer Oliver said the agency should decide by Friday whether to investigate.

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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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