Organizers behind a proposed fine arts charter school in Columbia County said they are optimistic state officials will approve their plan to open a school in 2015 – a plan that was unanimously rejected by the Board of Education this week. Todd Shafer, one of the founding board members for the proposed Columbia County School for the Arts, said the entire board will travel to Atlanta on Tuesday to present their application to the Charter Schools Commission of Georgia. read more

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