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School board to meet Thursday morning

By Ty Tagami
Sept 26, 2012

The DeKalb County school board on Wednesday called a meeting for 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

The board is scheduled to vote on two personnel cases presented by the legal affairs office and on state mandated training for school board members.

The meeting follows a 10 a.m. executive session for personnel issues. The meeting is at system headquarters, 1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard, Stone Mountain.

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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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