Smyrna Academy of Excellence Faces Final Charter Hurdles
The Cobb County School Board will vote whether to approve the school's charter petition Thursday, June 28.
Smyrna Academy of Excellence has one more chance to receive the Cobb County School Board's approval of its charter petition, but the board has a few reservations. At their work session last week, board members voted unanimously to give the school’s governing board till end of business Monday, June 18 to submit clarifying documents concerning the proposed school’s facilities and budget. This decision came a week after CCSD staff recommended that the board deny the school’s charter petition. At last week’s work session members of SAE’s governing board addressed some of the school board’s concerns. Tim Stultz, Post 2 board member who represents Smyrna, said he’s more inclined to vote to grant the school its charter after hearing from the …
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Janet Rau
9:08 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
We have actually begun discussing a possible name change but will wait until after the vote to continue that discussion! The effort to locate within the city limits was tremendous, I think I have personally been inside of every vacant building in the city! (Thanks Pete for all of your hard work) But to find a facility that met the long term needs of the school and not waste money on temporary … more ›