Audio Matt Donaldson and Rodney Manley on Dublin City Schools financial crisis, board appointment search
Slightly Off the Record, with Georgia Board of Education representative Matt Donaldson and Courier Herald staff reporter Rodney Manley on latest developments in the Dublin City Schools financial saga.
In the premiere episode of season 2, Kyle Dominy goes Slightly Off The Record with State Board of Education member Matt Donaldson, who’s chairing the committee that will soon recommend candidates to replace those recently removed from the Dublin City school board, and Courier Herald staff reporter Rodney Manley, who has kept tabs on the district’s financial crisis since its beginnings more than a year ago. Donaldson offers some updates on the group’s progress toward meeting a self-imposed deadline of Sept. 1 for having a slate of new board members presented to Gov. Brian Kemp, and steps involved for potential applicants to express interest before a Wednesday, Aug. 26 cutoff, as well as his perspective on the school system’s fiscal woes and the timeline of the state board’s intervention. Manley shares further insight from his coverage of the saga, and five-plus years reporting on the city schools beat, while addressing some common misconceptions and concerns, plus a few unanswered questions that remain about the district’s near future, potential for consolidation and the status of criminal investigations into the actions of former officials that remain ongoing.
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