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Superintendent to address state of system

By Ty Tagami
Sept 29, 2014

DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Michael Thurmond will give a state of the system address Tuesday evening at the Georgia Perimeter College campus in Clarkston.

The district would not divulge the content of his speech, which will precede a question and answer period. Thurmond’s contract ends in June, and the school board is preparing to find a successor.

The event is 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 555 N. Indian Creek Drive.

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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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