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HR 486 Will Empower Low Income Communities

Posted on February 23, 2014 by | Comments Off on HR 486 Will Empower Low Income Communities

GLASS (Georgians for Local Area School Systems)
PRESS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Highest Poverty Schools Neglected in Large DeKalb County School System
Atlanta, GA, February 22, 2014: Sunday, February 23rd at 3:00pm GLASS (Georgians for Local Area School Systems) will hold a press conference at Cross Keys High School in Brookhaven to address HR 486 and how it can help low-income communities receive the focus they need to be successful.
HR 486, the proposed amendment to the Georgia constitution to allow for the formation of municipal school systems, will hit the House floor next week. Continue reading →

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Should Georgia Have New School Districts?

Posted on December 31, 2013 by | 2 comments

GLASSBy Erika Harris
Co-Chair of GLASS (Georgians for Local Area School Systems)
As young as the United States of America is, our public education history is even more juvenile. And as such, we are learning the ropes and constantly working to improve and meet our responsibility of educating, in an equal and effective way, each of our youngest citizens. Through our brief history of public education, we see that it is full of twists and turns, old and current – all to respond to the changing needs of our student populations and learning expectations.
Some of these decisions have been forward thinking, and some reactive measures to extreme educational crises. Continue reading →

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