The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is expected to announce Tuesday whether it will change the DeKalb County School District’s accreditation status.

SACS placed DeKalb on probation in December 2012, after finding myriad management problems. The agency threatened to strip the district of accreditation if its leadership failed to address the issues within a year. A SACS review team visited DeKalb in early December, and now the agency is poised to announce whether the accreditation status will improve, worsen or stay the same for the district of nearly 100,000 students.

Superintendent Michael Thurmond has called a school board meeting for 10 a.m. Tuesday, when Mark Elgart, the president and CEO of SACS, will give an update.

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