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Online charter school rejected
A proposed online academy failed to get charter approval from the DeKalb County School District.
The five school board members present Monday voted unanimously to deny Nexus Academy's application.
The administration of Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson recommended rejection in part because most of the teachers would not be on site and because the curriculum was not aligned wtih the school system's.
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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.
