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School applauded for being "green"

By Ty Tagami
June 6, 2012

Arabia Mountain High School was recognized this week in Washington, D.C., where federal officials applauded the school's environmentalism.

The south DeKalb County school is among 78 nationwide named "Green-Ribbon Schools" by the U.S. Department of Education and the Environmental Protection Agency at a June 4 reception, according to U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat from Lithonia.

Such schools reduce their environmental "footprint," promote health and offer environmental and outdoor education for a "clean-energy global economy," Johnson said in a statement. The award was started last year.

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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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