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Charter school meeting draws large crowd
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About 200 people attended a town hall meeting Tuesday on a proposed charter school. - photo by Crystal Ledford
It was standing room only Tuesday night during an informational meeting about a potential charter school.Several founding board members of the International Charter School of Atlanta held a town hall gathering for the public at the Fowler Park Recreation Center.About 200 parents interested in learning more about the potential new school attended the meeting, which lasted more than two hours. The proposed charter school’s board, made up of about 10 local parents, will be applying to the Forsyth County Board of Education to receive charter school status. Their formal application must be received by April 1.