[CPEO-IRF] "Schools get ready for BRAC" (Georgia)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Schools get ready for BRAC

By Brandon Larrabee
Morris News Service/Augusta Chronicle (GA)
July 1, 2005

ATLANTA -- Georgia's schools and education system have taken several 
steps to prepare for the upcoming round of Base Realignment and Closure, 
Superintendent Kathy Cox said Thursday.

Speaking at a national conference in Atlanta that focused on the impact 
of BRAC on schools and students, Ms. Cox drew applause several times 
when describing what the state has done to prepare for the influx of 
thousands of students in the next six years. Ms. Cox was part of a panel 
discussion Thursday afternoon.

"We're going to be a gainer, and we're pleased about that in Georgia," 
Ms. Cox said. But she pointed out there is still work to be done.

"We're going to have about a dozen districts out there that are going to 
need a lot of mobile classrooms," she said.

As she assumed the superintendent's office in 2003, Ms. Cox said, state 
leaders were beginning to focus on BRAC. But the state Department of 
Education hadn't done much for military families in the first place, she 
added.

...

For the entire article, see
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/070105/met_coxarmy.shtml


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Lenny Siegel
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