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Friday, June 07, 2013  Updated with video; East Albany residents attended Thursday' Albany Planning Commission meeting to plea to the board to dent rezoning an area of land located at 508 Johnson Road to allow for the construction of rental property.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School System started a contract a while back with a company called Alternatives United.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Updated with video; The Georgia Charter Schools Association held a community meeting this morning to discuss possibly bringing a charter school to Albany/Dougherty County.

Monday, April 08, 2013  The Dougherty County School Board received an evaluation of both Monroe High and Dougherty Comprehensive High School’s math departments during their meeting on Monday night, and although they called the presentation brutally honest, they also say it was needed.

Monday, March 11, 2013  With 1/3 of the cameras on the Dougherty County School System's buses not working, the school board unanimously voted to upgrade 40 of their fleet with working DVR’s during Monday evening’s board meeting. They say the $67,600 purchase is necessary for stopping incidents on the bus.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  The Dougehty County School Board a decision that could open a new charter school.

Saturday, February 02, 2013  Updated with video; Parents, teachers, officials, and others came together Saturday afternoon to talk about the recent announcement made by the Dougherty County School Board that two local schools may be closing.

Monday, October 08, 2012  The Dougherty County Board of Education met Monday night and went over several issues that are facing the school system.

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  Updated with video; Five teachers who were accused of cheating in the CRCT scandal have now been approved to have their contracts renewed.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012  The Dougherty County School board tackled two hot button issues during it's Wednesday meeting: next year's budget and the proposed charter school.

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.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  Updated with video; The Instructional Services and Accountability Committee for the Dougherty County School System met to discuss changes that will happen in the future.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  Updated with video; In Monday’s Dougherty County School Board meeting officials decided to make provisions to start an investigation into the free-lunch scandal that has rocked the school system.

Monday, August 08, 2011  Updated with video; The Dougherty County Board of Education brought the redistricting plan to a vote, with one member requesting some changes.

Friday, May 28, 2010  Board Members Emily Jean McAfee and Michael Windom are not seeking reelection. Three people are challenging Milton "Junebug" Griffin for his seat. Dr. Joshua Murfree could be working with three new board members.