DeKalb County school officials will ask state school Superintendent John Barge to waive a requirement for minimum staffing of school media centers.
On June 28, the DeKalb school board voted to eliminate 25 media specialsists and 28 media clerks to save $2.6 million. Some centers will have "only part-time coverage throughout the school day," according to a letter to Barge that the DeKalb school board approved sending on Monday.
Georgia law allows waivers from state requirements in cases of "substantial hardship," and DeKalb argues that it's revenue declines qualify it for a waiver.
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