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Sat., January 26, 2013 12:00pm
A consulting firm hired by the Dougherty County school board is planning to suggest the district close schools because of declining enrollment.
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Wed., September 26, 2012 3:46pm
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is warning Clayton County school officials that the system’s accreditation is in jeopardy. In a letter to Superintendent Ed Heatley, SACS said that reports of infighting and governance issues among school board members could, “ put the school system’s current and future accreditation in jeopardy.”
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Thu., August 23, 2012 4:12pm
Deaths from West Nile occurred in south Georgia. Area has seen 12 confirmed cases. More rain could actually help.
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Thu., January 5, 2012 8:14am
The Dougherty County School Board said two principals have resigned and two teachers have been terminated in the wake of allegations of widespread cheating. Three other principals have been reassigned pending evidence from investigators.
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Tue., December 20, 2011 9:42am
State investigators have uncovered widespread cheating in a second public school district –- this time in Dougherty County in South Georgia. The report follows revelations earlier this year that nearly 200 educators cheated on state tests in Atlanta.
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Mon., October 24, 2011 2:58pm
State investigators say at least 10 educators in Dougherty County Schools have confessed to cheating on standardized tests. Special investigators were appointed by then-Gov. Sonny Perdue in August 2010 to look into possible cheating the previous year in the Atlanta and Dougherty County school systems.
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Wed., October 12, 2011 11:52am
As a probe into school cheating in a south Georgia school system enters its final days, the superintendent acknowledged for the first time that some educators will probably lose their jobs. Dougherty County's schools Superintendent says the district is prepared to hire "competent replacement teachers and administrators".
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Thu., August 25, 2011 4:49pm
Georgia state investigators who uncovered widespread cheating in Atlanta Public Schools earlier this year now say they’ve found evidence of cheating in a second school system. Officials flagged half of Dougherty County schools for cheating after they found high numbers of erasures on state tests. The inquiry is about half done, but investigators have confirmed cheating in every school they’ve visited so far.
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Mon., August 1, 2011 8:25am
Investigators say they will start focusing this week on possible cheating on standardized tests in Dougherty County schools. The review of the southwest Georgia district is part of a probe ordered by then-Gov. Sonny Perdue that has already documented widespread cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta schools. Gov. Nathan Deal's lead investigator, Richard Hyde, told the Athens Banner-Herald that the Dougherty County phase of the investigation will begin in earnest on Friday.
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Wed., July 6, 2011 1:46pm
Dougherty County was dropped from the investigation because a Deal spokeswoman said the governor was satisfied with the district's investigation.
