DeKalb cancels plan for military school
The DeKalb County school system has canceled its plans to open a military academy this fall.
The planned partnership with the U.S. Marine Corps was "not feasible," said system spokesman Dale Davis in a news release, but he said that the two parties would continue discussions "in hope of reaching a mutual agreement that is in the best interest of both institutions."
Davis gave no specific reason for the failed negotiations, and didn't return a call for comment.
The proposed school was controversial.
An opponent of the proposed school said he believes school officials are temporarily bowing to political pressure.
"I think they're feeling enormous pressure," said Tim Franzen, of the American Friends Service Committee. "And I think right now they just want all this pressure to go away."
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