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Atlanta school gets a library makeover

By Mark Niesse
Sept 25, 2013

Gideons Elementary School in central Atlanta unveiled a newly renovated library and parent center Wednesday.

The library includes 2,000 new books, furniture, shelves and aquarium and iPads, while the parent center has a conference room and computers.

The library makeover, one of 25 across the country, was sponsored by Target Corp. and The Heart of America Foundation.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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