This has been mildly big news in the Atlanta area, and I expect it to increase in importance now. Amazing to me that an entire county can lose accreditation, but if it can happen, no shock to me that it happens here in Georgia.

Clayton schools lose accreditation | ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/08/28/clayton_schools_accreditation.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab)

Interesting that that's never happened since 1969. It seems that it's always threatened in various contexts.

Wow, I'll have to tell my mother the news on this. She taught at Clayton State College back in the middle 1970s and was loosely involved with the school district as well.

I didn't actually go to Clayton county schools myself, as I lived just over the border from Forest Park as a kid and went to an Atlanta City school until 1982 when we moved to Cobb county...

I must say, they sure handled it like a bunch of idiots.

Dola- of course they're still eligible for HOPE.

Some of the implications for the county:

• Students may have a harder time getting into some colleges and universities.
• Students may have a harder time obtaining scholarships.
• Students retain their HOPE scholarship eligibility until June 30, 2010.
• District loses pre-kindergarten funding.
• Property values go down.
• Teachers could lose benefits if they transfer to other school systems.
• The state will not count Clayton County schools-sponsored professional development toward teachers re certification.

Some of the implications for the county:

• Students may have a harder time getting into some colleges and universities.
• Students may have a harder time obtaining scholarships.
• Students retain their HOPE scholarship eligibility until June 30, 2010.
• District loses pre-kindergarten funding.
• Property values go down.
• Teachers could lose benefits if they transfer to other school systems.
• The state will not count Clayton County schools-sponsored professional development toward teachers re certification.


I wonder if this affects past teachers any in regards to retirement? I don't know what my mother may have done in that school district back in the early 70s, but I know she was talking about retirement recently (as she is in her 60's), and has spent a bunch of time looking through various amount of time spent teaching. Would this affect that at all?

So this isn't the first time that school district has gotten in trouble? It was on probation 5 years ago. Sounds like to me they just straighten up long enough to get off of probation and then go back to business as usual. Didn't work this time.

As someone who is dealing with an idiotic school board of my own, the arrogance of some of these folks never ceases to amaze me...

I wonder what Sukey and Takara think about all of this.

Clayton county is the new Dekalb county. Corrupt to the core, and very blantant about it, then shocked when they actually get called on it.