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August 8, 2010

DeKalb, Georgia school board: We will save accreditation

Megan Matteucci:

DeKalb County school board members insist they are not heading down the same path as Clayton County and will salvage the district's accreditation.

"I'm not concerned about us losing accreditation," board chairman Tom Bowen said Friday. "There will have to be a lot of back and forth with [the accrediting agency] and non-compliance on our part. I don't see that happening."

But many of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' concerns about DeKalb mirror the questions the agency had about Clayton two years ago, which led to its losing accreditation.

On Friday, the DeKalb board announced that it received an extension to answer SACS questions about hiring practices, training, conflict of interest, nepotism, procurement policies, the superintendent search and other areas.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 8, 2010 2:13 AM
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