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Registration for DeKalb schools specialty programs starts this month

By Ty Tagami
Jan 3, 2013

It’s a new year and time for parents to consider registering their children in DeKalb County School District specialty programs, such as the International Baccalaureate, Montessori, magnet schools and school transfers.

The district Website has a link to a registration "portal." The portal contains outdated deadlines from last year, many of them in the spring. But the new document indicates much earlier deadlines, with registration starting Jan. 14 and ending Feb. 1. Here's the link: http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/school-choice/school-choice-open-enrollment-dates-%282013-2014%29.pdf

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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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