Budget Shortfall

How is that every school system in the state of Georgia seems to have a budget shortfall ? Or maybe every school system in the Atlanta Metro Counties seems to be short of their budget. I was watching on the news where Clayton County is 50million dollars short. Clayton will have to furlo teachers, and get jobs inorder to get the budget back on track.

I often wonder who was keeping the books when they just noticed the school budget problems. I really think the school systems across Georgia is in a real crisis, and needs help fast before more school school closings occur. Dekalb County Schools are closing a number of elementary schools next year due to the budget crisis.
Parents are really upset about the set back to kids eduction and the redistricting that will come as a result of Dekalb County shutting down certain schools in their area.

Clayton County school employees furloughed Atlanta News Hub

The school board had floated a number of controversial plans to deal with its looming budget crisis, including a proposal asking employees to refund a bonus they were given at the end of last year. The bonus was paid for with economic ...

Publish Date: 04/18/2011 18:45

http://www.atlantanewshub.com/local/clayton-county-school-employees-furloughed/

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Politics of Education

Image via Wikipedia The Public School System in Atlanta is having its fair share of problems. Students in the school system seem to be getting less attention due to the politics of education. Atlanta school system has so many factors on the table about how the students should be getting educated that its affecting the students education.

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Atlanta Public School Accredation

Image via Wikipedia Atlanta public has been in the news everyday regarding the school being put on probation. Atlanta Public School was caught cheating on Standardized Testing at certain schools that the Governor Sunny Purdue had to step in and send a team down for the misconduct of the school system. A team from SACS came into invesitagate the schools alleged charges about cheating on the CRCT. The SACS team has placed Atlanta Public School System on probation so that it won't lose its accredation. Many parents, teachers, and school board members are really upset about the how SACS is handeling this investigation.

Concerned Black Clergy Press Conference Atlanta Public School

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Winter Snow make up days

The Winter Snow Storm has finally left the southeast. Atlanta and surrounding Metro Counties school system are being asked when will schools make up snow days. The last week has really been a huge problem for Atlanta and the Metro Counties cause of the ice. Ice has really been the big problem with the roads. The DOT( Department of Transportation) had a tough time clearing the roads and putting salt down to melt the snow and ice.

North & South Carolina & Georgia NOT Observing Martin Luther King Day To Make Up School Snow Days

January 14, 2011 KOMO 4 News MOXNews.com

Metro Schools Working To Reschedule Snow Days - WSB News on ...

(WSB Radio) -- For the first time in recent memory, metro Atlanta schools have been forced to cancel classes for an entire week because of the snow and ice that hit Sunday night. But the snow may be long gone before school districts can figure out where to reschedule this lost week. The state allows each school system four scheduled make-up days per year. Districts will have to make up this week, plus many lost another snow day when classes were canceled December 16 ...

Atlanta Public May Loose Its Accreditation

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Atlanta Public Schools is under firer for its handling of test. A recent news cast showed that Atlanta Board of Education may loose its accreditation's and board members may be fired for lack of job performance. The Governor Mr. Nathan Deal has taken off from where Governor Sunny Barnes left off. Governor Deal is ready to bring in the state board in to firer board members if the Atlanta Board of Education can't fix its problem. Mayor Kasim Reed believe that he is taking the right steps to keep Atlanta Board of Education from losing its accreditation's.

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Board Members of Atlanta Public Schools

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Public Schools Board Member have been under firer for the mess going on inside the Atlanta Public School System. Many people want Dr. Beverly Hall to step down and get some new managment. Atlanta public schools have under fire since the alleged cheating scandal of the CRCT test among elementary and middle schools.

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