School Board opts to not apply for federal grant
Ethan Fowler
ALBANY — Too many financial questions and other concerns likely caused the Dougherty County Board of Education members to vote 4-3 in a phone poll this afternoon to not apply for a federal School Improvement Grant.
If they had accepted the three-year, possibly $2 million per year grant for Albany and Dougherty high schools, the school system would have been required to fire the principals at each of those schools — Sheila Marshall at Albany and Horace Reid Jr. at Dougherty, respectively.
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