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Superintendent to describe the state of school district

By Ty Tagami
Feb 16, 2012

DeKalb County Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson will give a state of the school district address Thursday.

Atkinson, in office since late last year, has been studying an overhaul of the administrative organization chart and other staffing changes. She's also looking to overhaul teaching with her "excellence in education" plan.

She is scheduled to speak at 8 a.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott in downtown Decatur, said her spokesman, Walter Woods.

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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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