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Maureen Downey announced from her Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog, Get Schooled, that the 5-4 vote by the DeKalb County Board of Education rejected the Druid Hills Charter Cluster (DHCC). The DHCC petitioned to create a cluster of seven schools with Druid Hills High School being fed by six middle and elementary schools.

According to Maureen Downey’s first hand report, “the debate turned rancorous at several points. Much of the consternation was directed at Marshall Orson, who admitted from the start that he supported the cluster and argued long and hard on its behalf. His advocacy led fellow board member Joyce Morley to ask Orson to recuse himself from the vote, which he declined to do.”

You can read Maureen’s report here.

A conception of the Druid Hill Charter Cluster, “Under the Dome.” Source: CBS News

Here are some articles about the DHCC that appeared on this blog.

• Powerful Reasons why the DeKalb School Board Should Oppose the Druid Hills Charter Cluster, Cindy Lutenbacher
• The Druid Hills Charter Cluster: In Whose Interest?, Jack Hassard
• 10 Ways to Modify the Druid Hills Charter Cluster, Jack Hassard
• The DeKalb County, Georgia “Big Vote” on Druid Hills Charter Cluster May Be in Violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, Jack Hassard
• Georgia Charter School Clusters: “Under the Dome,” Jack Hassard

Did the DeKalb County Board of Education do the right thing by rejecting the Charter Cluster?  What do you think about the Board of Education decision?