Local Lawmaker Plans Bill for a Dunwoody School System
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Acknowledging the long odds against him, state Rep. Tom Taylor plans to introduce a bill in the General Assembly that would create a Dunwoody school system.
Talyor announced his plans this past Sunday night at a meeting of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association board of directors, according to the Reporter Newspapers.
Taylor said the proposal faces "a huge uphill battle" because it calls for an amendment to Georgia's constitution.
His proposal would call for an amendment to the state Constitution, he said, and would be voted on during next year's legislative session. If approved, the public would vote on the referendum later in the year.
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DeKalb's school system is currently under probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The board is set to appear before the State Department of Education on Feb. 21 to brief state officials on its progress in meeting SACS recommendations to keep the school system accredited.
Michael Thurmond was appointed DeKalb's interim school superintendent Friday afternoon, after the board of education narrowly approved a severance package for former superintendent Cheryl Atkinson.
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Rob
8:10 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Absolutely.. The Ga. legislature is going to vote to completely change the state charter to accomodate Dunwoody, yes they are...... and this from a city that invited sate and local representatives to a breakfast last month where NOBODY showed up?
Dunwoody really has a lot of power with the state :(
Rob
8:08 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
To be rejected by a Troll is the utmost respect, as well as to confirm that as the DHA former president said last year: "They don`t think like us"...absolutely, I would never lower my expectations and "Think like Dunwoody"....
Tom Doolittle
9:20 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
"Taylor said the proposal faces "a huge uphill battle" because it calls for an amendment to Georgia's constitution."
Whaaaaat?
You can't count the number of const amendments this legislature has passed on four hands over the past 6 years. This has been "govern by amendment" all the way--and they have already announced they plan to break the back of the state with more.
Every new city formed requires a constitutional amendment--and forming the first one in Sandy Springs broke a 50 year tradition of no new cities. Why should school systems be any different?
I beg to differ with Jimmy--the "Dunwoody delegation" has HUGE sway in this legislature for anything that screws with black county bureaucracy.
Jane Stewart
8:31 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
Funny - the original wording in the Constitution prohibiting the forming of new school systems WAS an amendment. Back in what 1940? 1950? They were pushing small rural systems to consolidate. They weren't considering systems that could possibly be 'too large'... things have changed!