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Are Dunwoody parents interested in education or economics in proposal to flee DeKalb schools? (Or both?) | Get Schooled

Are Dunwoody parents interested in education or economics in proposal to flee DeKalb schools? (Or both?) | Get Schooled:


Are Dunwoody parents interested in education or economics in proposal to flee DeKalb schools? (Or both?)

Jeffrey Dorfman is a professor of applied economics at the University of Georgia. Here is an interesting piece he wrote on the economics of Dunwoody breaking away from DeKalb and forming its own school system. (Such a move would require a statewide referendum to change the state constitution.)
That topic is likely to come up Sunday night when interim DeKalb school chief Michael Thurmond meets with the Dunwoody Homeowners Association.
By Jeffrey H. Dorfman
A local educational and political issue is brewing in metro Atlanta that provides a great example of the inherent dangers of complicated schemes designed to avoid charging the customer for a service.