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Should we allow new cities to create their own school districts?

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By Maureen Downey

Earlier this week, I ran aguest column by Erika Harris urging support for a proposed constitutional amendment allowing newly formed cities in Georgia to also create their own school systems.The issue looms large in DeKalb County where the city of Dunwoody is weighing breaking from DeKalb Schools. But it can't do so without a change to the state constitution, which is what House Resolution 486 proposes.

Likely to be debated this legislative session, the resolution states: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize any municipality created on or after January 1, 2005, and any municipality which is contiguous to a municipality created on or after January 1, 2005, irrespective of whether such municipalities may be in different counties, to establish individually or collectively by local law an independent school system; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Here is a response to Harris' column by Pine Lake Councilman George Chidi,  CEO of the competitive intelligence consultancy