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6:31 pm
Thu February 21, 2013

State Continues Hearing For DeKalb School Board

Credit Martha Dalton / WABE News
The scene from today's State Board of Education meeting. DeKalb school officials have been making their case for the school system to regain full accreditation.
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All day long, DeKalb County school officials have been making their case to the State Board of Education. 

At issue is whether the state board will recommend Governor Deal remove DeKalb school board members from office. The district is on accredited probation due to board governance issues.

WABE’s Martha Dalton is at the State Board hearing and provided this update:

Update 6:04pm

Textbooks have been a focus of this afternoon's testimony.

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4:45 pm
Thu February 21, 2013

State Board of Education Holds Hearing on Fate of DeKalb School Board

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DeKalb County school board members appear in an earlier hearing before the State Board of Education.
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Will the Georgia school board recommend to Governor Deal that he remove the DeKalb County school board members?

Before a recommendation is made, the DeKalb board has been defending itself today in a hearing before the state board of education that is still underway.

WABE’s Martha Dalton is at the hearing and provides this update:

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2:58 pm
Wed February 20, 2013

Judge Says DeKalb School Board Hearing Will Proceed Despite Lawsuit

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The DeKalb School Board is under scrutiny by the State Board of Education.
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 A state hearing that could result in the suspension of all nine members of the DeKalb County School Board will proceed as scheduled. 

Attorney Bob Wilson filed a lawsuit yesterday to obtain a temporary restraining order to stop Thursday's scheduled hearing by the Georgia State Board of Education on whether to recommend to Governor Deal that the members of the DeKalb board be replaced.  But today Judge Kelly Lee denied the request because it wasn’t submitted five days in advance, as required by law.

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3:16 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

DeKalb School District Files Lawsuit To Stop Thursday Hearing

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Updated 5:20 PM -- See Below

The DeKalb County School District has filed a motion with the Superior Court of Fulton County asking for a temporary restraining order that would prevent the DeKalb school board's scheduled hearing before the State Board of Education on Thursday. 

The DeKalb school system was placed on probation in December by its accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, for what SACS called board governance issues that were preventing major decisions from being made. 

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