Reed, Carstarphen At Odds Over APS Property Deeds
A feud is brewing between Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and the city’s public schools superintendent, Meria Carstarphen, over APS property deeds.
Carstarphen reportedly told the Atlanta Board of Education on Tuesday night that the city won’t turn over the deed to long-vacant Adair Park Elementary School on the city’s west side, effectively blocking its planned sale.
APS is trying to shed a dozen properties to help boost revenue for the district, but Carstarphan says without the deeds, she can’t execute the sales.
Speaking after his State of the City Speech Wednesday, Reed called Carstarphen’s claims “a political stunt,” adding that she didn’t do “her homework.”
“I thought that, one, she’s new. She’s inexperienced in this city. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about,” he said.
Reed said the city has held the deeds since 1996, and that he’s under no obligation to turn them over to APS.
“I’m not the first mayor not to turn over the deeds,” the mayor said, “so clearly there is a reason they haven’t been turned over.”
Reed added that the deeds are part of ongoing negotiations with APS over millions of dollars the city owes the district in connection with the BeltLine.
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