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Marietta officials sighed with relief once the Georgia Board of Education voted 8-2 earlier this month to approve Marietta's public charter system petition. District leaders say the public charter status will give them more flexibility in the number of students per class and the number of hours students must spend behind a desk, among other things. The state board also approved the charter petitions of Decatur and Gainesville districts and Warren County. The four approved systems will be the first public charter districts in the state under the Georgia Charter Systems Act, signed into law in 2007. Each of the systems was approved for a five-year trial period that will begin this fall.
Source: Marietta Daily Journal
Date: 06/13/2008
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