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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Clarke County School District Recommended for Accreditation

“Your district overall, in terms of focus on student achievement, is way at the top."

This information comes from a press release prepared by Anisa Sullivan Jimenez, the public relations director for the school system: The Clarke County School District was recommended for accreditation by a report given by AdvancED at a called board meeting, earlier Wednesday. The review team observed 29 classrooms and interviewed 340 stakeholders during their review process Monday and Tuesday. Chair George Griffin remarked that, “Your district overall, in terms of focus on student achievement, is way at the top. Nobody deviated from that. It was refreshing and commendable.” AdvancED (formerly the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities) is the world’s largest educational network. It evaluates 30,000 public and private schools …

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