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New DeKalb school board to meet with parents

By Ty Tagami
April 26, 2013

The new DeKalb County Board of Education will meet with parents near Stone Mountain at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The board comprises three members elected last year and six empanelled by Gov. Nathan Deal to replace board members he suspended.

The two-hour event gives the new board a chance to share plans with parents, according to the South DeKalb Parent Council, which helped to organize the event at Redan High School, 5247 Redan Rd.

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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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