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Update on Atlanta superintendent search planned

By Mark Niesse
Sept 30, 2013

The Atlanta Board of Education plans to discuss the school system’s policies, budget and superintendent search at a series of committee meetings this month.

The first meeting on Thursday will provide an update on the effort to find a leader to replace Superintendent Erroll Davis.

Other scheduled meetings include the Policy Review Committee on Monday, the Audit Commission on Oct. 16 and the Budget Commission on Oct. 22.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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