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Residents and community members urge Rockdale board to reconsider graduation venue, press for board visibility and HB 581 clarity
Summary
Multiple public commenters criticized the decision to move graduation out of the county and called on board members to increase school visits and engagement; a speaker said county taxpayers will receive a detailed HB 581 assessment from the tax commissioner.
Several members of the public used the meeting's citizen comment period to press the Rockdale County Board of Education on a recent decision to hold graduation outside the county and to request greater board visibility and clarity about HB 581.
Alexia Derizio, representing the NAACP Rockdale County and speaking as a parent, said the decision to hold graduation outside the county — at a cost she cited as $90,000 — hurt community pride and presented transportation barriers for families. She said, "The decision to have the graduation moved out of the County at a $90,000 cost is very concerning to most of us." Derizio urged the board…
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