Officials at the Cobb County school that lost its charter last week have a four-pronged strategy to get it back.

Last week, the Cobb school board voted 4-3 to deny Imagine International Academy of Mableton's 5-year charter renewal, and Henry Stephens, a regional director with Imagine Schools, said the school is asking for a re-vote.

If that doesn't happen, he said the school will address the county's criticisms and resubmit the application, or it will ask for a 1-year renewal to buy time. The fourth option, he said: applying for a special charter with the state.

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