(The Center Square) — A Georgia policy group says the Atlanta school board’s decision to deny a charter school’s proposal to open a school in the city was “disheartening.”
The school board denied a request from Tapestry Public Charter School, which operates a school in DeKalb County and sought to open a location in Atlanta.
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