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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Updated with video; Starting next year all Dougherty County students will be eligible for free lunch as well as free breakfast thanks to a new motion made by the school board during their meeting on Monday night.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Updated with video; As a response to the heavy turnout at the Monday night Dougherty County School Board meeting over school closures that led to standing room only crowds, school board officials have changed the venue for the second school board meeting.

Monday, December 10, 2012  During Monday night’s school board meeting, board members and community leaders said their goodbyes to Dr. Joshua Murfree.

Saturday, September 08, 2012  Updated with video; Dr. Lane Price held a press conference Friday to express her concerns of the mishandling of the Free and Reduced Lunch program, and Title 1 Grant.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School Board met Monday night to discuss several topics, with one of them being corporal punishment in district schools.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  School Board members say they fired HR Director Tracy Williams because of widespread claims of bullying and abuse of power

Monday, March 14, 2011  The school board also tackled some serious business, like what to do with Reastgo Holmes, a teacher accused of offering money for sex to a high school student.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011  Dougherty County School Board members discuss two topics that could revolutionize the system.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010  Updated with new story. A gunman was shot to death by a security guard at a school board meeting Tuesday after he walked up to a podium, spray painted a red "V'' with a circle around it and began firing, a school official said.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010  The decision came after the board abruptly went into executive session before the school board meeting.

Thursday, February 18, 2010  The school board discusses pending litigation from the media and the CRCT score investigation.

Friday, October 23, 2009  The Fulton County school board has trimmed the number of classroom days from 180 to 177.