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Number of schools eligible for the proposed Opportunity School District drops by 8.6%

5/3/2016

 
New state ratings of schools released Tuesday show improvement at many schools the state had considered among Georgia’s worst, but they show, too, that some schools will now be added to that list.

Ending up on that list of Georgia’s consistently lowest performing schools — schools receiving an F or lower for three consecutive years — would make a school eligible for state takeover if voters approve Gov. Nathan Deal’sOpportunity School District plan this fall. The plan would allow the state to take up to 20 schools from that list each year and close them, run them itself or convert them to charter schools.
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Statewide, there are now 127 schools eligible for a potential state takeover, according to the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement. That’s down from 139 last year. But the same handful of districts still have the lion’s share of schools eligible for potential takeover.

​Read more: http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/new-state-ratings-show-fewer-schools-among-georgia/nrGjk/?icmp=AJC_internallink_542016_AJCtoMyAJC_ccrpi_scores_


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