The Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Board of Education represents roughly 50,000 students. Its $1.7 billion budget is more than twice the budget of the Atlanta City Council.
But only a couple dozen people attended the final public forum of this year’s election season.
The modest crowd packed into the Center for Civic Innovation (CCI) on Wednesday to hear from the remaining candidates for the school board’s 7th seat — Tamara Jones and Alfred “Shivy” Brooks.
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