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Superintendent to address Tucker parents

By Ty Tagami
Sept 21, 2012

DeKalb County schools Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson is scheduled to give a “state of the system” address at Tucker High School.

She will speak from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 about progress during her year-long tenure and the challenges ahead, according to host Tucker Parent Council.

Atkinson will field questions. Email questions for her to: tuckerparentcouncil@gmail.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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