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1-30 Library Card Sign-Up Month, American Library Association, (800) 545-2433, ext. 5041/5044 
 
2 
 
Labor Day 
 
4-6 Georgia Staff Development Council Fall Conference, Savannah, Dr. Margie Dam, (770) 473-2795, Fulton Stone (404) 656-2433 
 
4 
 
Georgia School Boards Association District 3 Meeting, Tri-County High School, Buena Vista, 
 
Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985 
 
4 
 
Ge<>rgia Association of Educators District4 Meeting, Decatur, Willa Vire, (404) 286-1984 
 
5 
 
Georgia School Boards Associaf:ion District 14 Meeting, Tifton, Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985 
 
8 
 
Grandparents' Day 
 
8 
 
International Literacy Day, International Reading Association, (302) 731-1600 
 
9 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 3 Meeting, Atlanta, Pete Toggerson, (404) 96~-3020 
 
9 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Tifton, G. W. Tibbetts, (912) 382-8950 
 
10 Georgia School Improvement Panel, Craig Dowling, (912) 333-8570 
 
10 Counselors Workshop, Atlanta Public Schools, Barbara Brown, (404) 636-9465, ext. 222 
 
11 Georgia School Boards Association District 8 Meeting, Waycross, Don Rooks (770) 962-2985 .. 
 
11 Counselors Workshop, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Barbara Brown, (404) 636-9465, ext. 222 
 
11 Georgia Board of Education Committee of the Whole Meeting, Atlanta, Jeff Chandler, (404) 657-0143 
 
12  Georgia Board of Education Meeting, Atlanta, Jeff Chandler, (404) 657-0143 
 
12 Georgia School Boards Association District 2 Meeting, Albany, Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985 
 
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1996 
 
 12-13 Youth Apprenticeship Workshop, Barbara Wojhoski, (404) 657-8306 
12-14 QCC Review Committee Meeting, Radisson Hotel, Augusta, Mike Walker, (404) 656-4028 14-15 Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah 
15-16 Georgia Accrediting Commission (Board Meeting), Macon, Kenneth Matthews, (706) 353-7090 
15-21 Georgia School Bus Safety Week, Sam McCullough, (404) 656-2467 
16- Hispanic Heritage Month, Mexican Cultural Institute, (202) 728-1628 10/15 
 16 Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Georgia Academic Decathlon Registration Deadline, Tom Wommack, 1-800-334-6861 
17-23 . Constitution Week and 17  Citizenship Day 
 17 International Day o( Peace, Public Inquiries Unit, United Nations, (212)" 963-4475 
17 Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Meeting, Calhoun, Fred Gould, (706) 695-6140 17 Georgia Association of Educators District 6 Meeting, Milledgeville, Bettye Brown, 
(706) 790-7335 
17 Georgia Association of Educators District 8 Meeting, Savannah, Joe Bell, (912) 238-1752 
18 Georgia Language Arts Supervisors Meeting, Athens, Ann Richardson, (770) 460-3535 19-20 New Superintendent Orientation to the Department of Education, Session 1, Atlanta, Russ 
Cook, (404) 656-4461 
19-21 Managing from the HEART (Teacher In-service Retreat), Camp Calvin, Atlanta, Bob Watson, (404) 659-7635 
20-23 National Tech Prep Conference, Texas, Terry Smith, (404) 657-8307 20 Georgia Association of Educators Governing Board Meeting, Decatur, Karen Henderson, 
(404) 289-5867 
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Counselors Workshop, Armstrol)g State College, Savannah, Barbara Brown, (404) 636-9465, 
 
ext. 222 
 
22 
 
First Day o_f Autumn 
 
22 
 
National Good Neighbor Day, (406) 884-3000 
 
23 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 2 North Meeting, Oakwood, Bob Garmon, 
 
(706) 864-7313 
 
23 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 5 West Meeting, LaGrange, Bob Holland, 
 
(706) 596-0713 
 
24 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 5 East Meeting, Macon, Milton Sampson, 
 
(912) 742-7399 
 
24 
 
Counselors Workshop, Floyd College, Rome, Barbara Brown, (404) 636-9465, ext. 222 
 
24  Georgia School Boards Association District 10 Meeting, Louisville, Don Rooks, 
 
(770) 962-2985 
 
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25-26 Professional Practices Commission Executive and Commission Meeting, Dawsonville, Cheryl Graham, (404) 679-4817 or 1-800-537-5996 
 
25-27 North, Northwest, and West Georgia RESAs Superintendents Retreat, Cohutta, Jane Huntley, .(706) 295-6189 
 
26-27 Focus On Solutions/Get Rid of the Blame Conference, Villas by the Sea, Jekyll Island, Cosponsored by the GLRS/SERTCC, Coastal GLRS, (912)_927-5239 
 
26-29 Com~unity Service Leadership Retreat, (High School Students), FFA-FHA Camp, Covington, April Stutters, (404) 659-7635 
 
26' Georgia Association of Educators District 2 South Meeting, Athens, Jim Bell, (803) 888-2242 
 
26 
 
Georgia School Boards Association District 4 & 5 Meeting, Covingto11:, Don Rooks, 
 
(770) 962-2985 
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28 
 
Kiwanis Kids' Day, Kiwanis International, (317) 875-8755, ext. 214 or 212 
 
28 
 
Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Fall Regional Meeting, Troup County H.S., 
 
LaGrange; Crisp County H.S., <:;ordele; Arthur Williams M.S., Jesup, Tom Wommack, 
 
1-800-334-6861 
 
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 29- School-Age Leadership Institute, Atlanta, Kimberly Nottingham, (404) 373-7414 10/2 
30 Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Academic Decathlon Coaches Workshop, Forsyth, Tom Wommack, 1-800-334-6861 
30 Georgia School Boards Association District 6 Meeting, Newnan, Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985 
 
OCTOBER 
 
" 1-2 
 
Institute for New Leaders 1996-97 Class, Savannah, Vic Verdi (404) 656-6213 or Rhonda Hefner-Packer, (404) 657-2525 
 
2-3 Georgia School Superintendents Association, School Improvement Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, John Burks, (404) 651-0940 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 4 Meeting, Decatur, Willa Vire, (404) 286-1984 
 
3-4 State Advisory Panel, Gainesville, Sara Synder, (404) 657-9969 
 
3-5 QCC Review Committee Meeting, Radisson Hotel, Augusta, Mike Walker, (404) 656-4028 
 
3 
 
Georgia School Boards Association District 12 Meeting, Bibb County, Don Rooks, 
 
(770) 962-2985 
 
4-5 VICA Fall Conference, Atlanta, Sharon Norman, (404) 657-8308 
 
5-13 National 4-H Week, Contact your county extension service office 
 
5 
 
VOCA Officer Training Conference, Naomi Dorsey, (404) 657-8324 
 
5 
 
Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Fall Regional Meeting, Troup County H.S., 
 
Calhoun; Winder Coqi. Center, Winder; Baldwin County H.S., Milledgeville, Tom 
 
Wommack, 1-800-334-6861 
 
6-12 Fire Prevention Week, National Fire Protection Association, (617) 770-3000 
 
6-12 National Metric Week, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, (703) 620-9840 
 
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Georgia School Boards Association District 7 Meeting, Bartow County, Don Rooks, 
 
(770) 962-2985 
 
4 
 
 7-8 Georgia High School Association State Executive Committee Meeting, Forsyth, Tommy Guillebeau, (706) 647-7473 
 
8 
 
Georgia School Improvement ~el, Craig Dowling, (912) 333-8570 
 
8 
 
Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission - 2nd Tuesday of the first month of every 
 
quarter or on the call of the Chair. (770) 414-3300 
 
10-11 Georgia Association of Educational Office Professionals, Madeline Waller, (404) 763-6796 or (770) 254-0053 after 5:30 
 
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Georgia School Boards Association Awards Committee Meeting, Lawrenceville, Gary Ashley, 
 
.(770) 962-2985 
 
11-13 Georgia Association of Educators, Minority Affairs Conference, Savannah, Kevin Pearson, 
 
(404) 289-5867 
 
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11-13 . Georgia Association of Educators Instruction & Development Conference, Bobbie Sharp, 
 
(404) 289-5867 
 
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National Children's Day, Foundation for the Future of Youth, (301) 468-9431 
 
14-18 National School Lunch Week, U.S. Department of Agriculture and American School Food Service Association, (703) 739-3900 
 
14 
 
Columbus Day 
 
14 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 3 Meeting, Atlanta, Pete Toggerson, (404) 962-3020 
 
14 . Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Albany, G. W. Tibbetts, (912) 382-8950 
 
14 
 
Georgia School Boards Association District 1 Meeting, Bulloch County, Don Rooks, 
 
(770) 962-2985 
 
15-17 Career Academies Workshop, Gainesville, Sharon Norman, (404) 657-8308 
 
15-17 Bootstrap (Georgia School Superintendents Association Meeting) Macon Holiday Inn 
Conference Center, Macon, Bill Barr (912) 474-2610 
 
15-18 Georgia Council for Administrators of Special Education, Savannah, Dr. Bill Swan, (706) 542-4074 
 
15 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Meeting, Calhoun, Geneva Fleming, 
 
(404) 349-2606 
 
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Georgia Association of Educaton District 6 Meeting, Milledgeville, Peggy Parham, 
 
(404) 622-3123 
 
15 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 8 Meeting, Savannah, Joe Bell, (912) 238-1752 
 
15 
 
Georgia School Boards Association District 13 Meeting, Dodge County, Don Rooks, 
 
(770) 962-2985 
 
15 
 
Vocational/Career Education Administrators .Workshop, Cartersville, Marvin Brown, 
 
(404) 657-8334 
 
16-17 Exploration/I.titervention, Debi Craft, (404) 657-8325 
 
16-18 G-C~SE, Hyatt Regency, Savannah, P. Paulette Bragg, (404) 656-3963 
16 World F<?Od Day, Public Inquiries Unit, (212) 963-4475 
 
16 Vocational/Career Education Adrilinistrators Workshop, Milledgeville, Marvin Brown, 
 
(404) 657-8334 
 
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17-19 . Georgia Mathematics Conference and Annual Meeting of Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Rock F.agle, Wanda Oldfield, (706) 556-6225 
 
17 .Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Albany, Bert Wagnon, (912) 436-0083 
 
17 
 
Georgia School Boards Association District 11 Meeting, Clarke County, Don Rooks, 
 
'(770) 962-2985 
 
18-19 Fall Explofl:ltory Professional Conference, Debi Craft, (404) 657-8325 
 
18 
 
Georgia Association of Educators Executive Committee, Decatur, Karen Henderson, 
 
(404) 289-5867 
 
18 
 
Youth Apprenticeship. Workshop, Barbara Wojhoski, (404) 657-8306 
 
18 
 
Vocational/Career Education Administrators Workshop, Waycross, Marvin Brown, 
 
(404) 657-8334 
 
19 
 
Georgia Association of Educators Pay for Performance Workshop, Bobbie Sharp, 
 
(404) 289-5867 
 
20-22 Education's Leadership Georgia 1996-97, Session I, Callaway Gardens, Rhonda HefnerPacker, (404) 657-2525 
 
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 20-26 National School Bus Safety Week 
 
21-22 Making Change For Children: Whatever It Takes, Inforum, Atlanta, Carol Massey, 
(404) 365-8948, Joe Raymond,, (404) 527-7394, Tamara Ard (404) 527-7394 
 
21 
 
Vocational/Career Education Administrators Workshop, Gainesville, Marvin Brown, 
 
(404) 657-8334 
 
22 Georgia Association of Educators District S East Meeting, Macon, Milton Sampson, (912) 742-7399 
 
22 
 
Georgia AssoCiation of Educators District 2 North, Oakwood, Bob Garmon, (706) 864-7313 
 
22  Georgia School. Boards Association District 9 Meeting, Lumpkin County, Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985 
 
23 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 5 West Meeting, LaGnmge, Bob Holland, 
 
(706) 596-0713 
 
23 Vocational/Career Education Administrators Workshop, Gainesville, .Marvin Brown, (404) 657-8334 
 
23 
 
Georgia School Boards Association RIMS Trustees Meeting, Lawrenceville, Lee Gaby, 
 
(770) 962-2985 
 
24 Georgia Association of Educators District 2 South Meeting, Athens, Jim Bell, (803) 888-2242 
 
24 United Nations Day, Public Inquiries Unit, (212) 963-4475 
 
25 
 
Georgia Association of Educators GAE Retired Meeting, Macon, Bobbie Sharp 
 
(404) 289-5867 
 
26 Georgia Association of Educators Fall Representative Assembly Meeting, Macon Evelyn Smith, (404) 289-5867 
 
27 Standard Time 
 
28-30 Strategies for Success, Communities in Schools Annual Training Conference, Susannah Scott, (404) 888-5784 
 
28 Georgia School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day, Sam McCullough, (404) 656-2467 
 
29 Georgia School Boards Association Workers' Comp Fund Trustees Meeting, Lawrenceville, 
 
Lee Gaby, (770) 962-2985 
 
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 30- Technology Leadership Conference, Macon, Bailey Mitchell, (404) 656-2521 11/1 
 
30- Better All T9gether, Cont. Ed., UGA, Athens, Marlene Bryar, (404) 657-9958 
11/2 
 
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Halloween 
 
NOVEMBER 
 
~  1-2 
 
Georgia Music Educators Association Statewide Elementary Honors Chorus, Jonesboro, Cecil Wtlder, (770) 472-4632 
 
1-30 N~tlonal PTA Child Safety and Protection Month,_ National PTA, (312) 670-6782, e~t. 360 
 
2 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 8 Pay for Performance Workshop, Savannah, 
 
. Bo~bie Sharp, (404) 289-5867 
 
3-7 National Association for Pupil Transportation, Mike Martin 1-800-989-NAPT 
 
4 
 
Mr. Sam Harben, Attorney-Legal Issues, Middle Georgia Leadership Academy, Macon, 
 
Middle GA RESA (912) 825-3132 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 4 Meeting, Decatur, Willa Vire, (404) 286-1984 
 
5 
 
Election Day 
 
7-9 Georgia Council for Exceptional Children, Sara Synder, (404) 657-9969 
 
7-9 Georgia Federation Council for Exceptional Children, Columbus, Gail Chance, (334) 756-9480 
 
8-10 State Superintendent'$ Teacher Conference, Augusta, Tana Page (404) 657-7644 
 
8-10 Professional Association of Georgia Educators Fall Retreat, Sea Palms, Dr. Barbara Christmas, 1-800-334-6861 
 
8 
 
Advanced Placement Workshop, Crowne Plaza, Macon, Michelle Rhinelander, 
 
(404) 636-9465, ext. 213 
 
9 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 6 Pay for Performance Workshop, Milledgeville, 
 
Bobbie Sharp, (404) 289-5867 
 
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 6-7 Georgia Association of Educators Executive Committee Meeting, Decatur, Karen Henderson, (404) 289-5867 
 
6-7 Georgia School Boards Association/GSSA Annual Conference, Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Gary Ashley (770) 962-2985 
 
6-8 Georgia Association of Educators Women's Concern Consortium, Atlanta, Bettye Brown, (706) 790-7335 
 
6-13 Hanukkah 
 
6 
 
Georgia State University-Strategies for Success Conference (Focuses on Mild Disabilities), 
 
Carol Geist, (404) 657-9963 
 
7 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 2 Pay for Performance WorkShop, Gainesville, 
 
 BObbie Sharp, (404) 289-5867 
 
7 
 
Pearl Harbor Day 
 
8-10 Education's Leadership Georgia 1996-97, Session 11, Rhonda Hefner-Packer, (404) 657-2525 
 
8-10 Govemor's School Leadership Institute 1996-97 Class, Group A - Decatur, Eloise Barron, (404) 657-1169 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 3 Meeting, Atlanta, Pete Toggerson, (404) 962-3020 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Atlanta, Bert Wagnon, (912) 436-0083 
 
10-12 Governor's School Leadership Institute 1996-97 Class, Group B Decatur, Eloise Barron, (404) 657-1169 
 
10 .Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Meeting, Atlanta, Geneva Fleming, (404) 349-2606 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 6 Meeting, Atlanta, Bettye Brown, (706) 790-7335 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 8 Meeting, Atlanta, Joe Bell, (912) 238-1752 
 
10 
 
Youth Apprenticeship Workshop, Barbara Wojhoski, (404) 657-8306 
 
10 . Advanced Placement Workshop, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Michelle Rhinelander, (404) 636-9465, ext. 213 
 
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Georgia Language Arts Supervisors Meeting, Clayton County Staff Development Center, Ann 
 
Richardson, (770) 460-3535 
 
12-14 Governor's School Leadership Institute 1996-97 Class, Group C - Decatur, Eloise Barron, (404) 657-1169 
 
14 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Pay for Performance Workshop, Calhoun, Bobbie 
 
Sharp, (404) 289-5867 
 
16 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 2 North Meeting, Oakwood, Bob Garmon, 
 
(706) 864-7313 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 5 West Meeting, LaGrange, Bob Holland, 
 
.(706) 596-0713 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 5 F.ast Meeting, Macon, Milton Sampson, 
 
(912) 742-7399 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 7F.ast Meeting, Athens, G. W. Tibbetts, 
 
(912) 382-8950 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 2 F.ast Meeting, Athens, Jim Bell, (803) 888-2242 
 
25 
 
Christmas 
 
26 . Kwanzaa Begins 
 
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Georgia School Age Care Assoqiation Fall Fest, Atlanta, Kimberly Nottingham, 
 
(404) 373-7414 
 
10-16 National Geography Awareness Week, National Geographic Society, (202) 775-6577 
 
11 
 
Veterans Day 
 
12 Georgia School Improvement Panel, Craig Dowling, (912) 333-8570 
 
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Georgia Association of Edu~tors District 3 Meeting, Atlanta, Pete Toggerson, (404) 962-3020 
 
12 Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Albany, G. W. Tibbetts, (912) 382-8950 
 
13-15 Georgia School Counselors Association Conference, Waverly Hotel, Marietta, Mary Broadhurst, 1"7800-788-4472 
 
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Georgia Board of Education Committee of the Whole Meeting, Atlanta, Jeff Chandler, 
 
(404) 657-0143 
 
14 Georgia Board of Education Meeting, Atlanta, Jeff Chandler, (404) 657-0143 
 
15 Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Academic Bowl Registration Deadline, Nancy Kitchens, 1-800-334-6861 
 
16 Student Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Future Georgia Educators, Georgia Southern University, Reception and Football Game at Georgia Southern, Nancy Kitchens, 1-800-334-6861 
 
16 
 
Georgi3. Association of Educators District 5 Pay for Performance Workshop, Macon, Bobbie 
 
Sharp, (404) 289-5867 
 
16 Georgia Association of Educators Teacher Certification Test Workshop, Forsyth, Bobbie Sharp, (404) 289-5867 
 
17-23 American Education Week, National Education Association, (202) 822-7262 
 
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Georgia Retired Educators Day, Dr. John Hulsey, (770) 287-7721 
 
18-19 Joint Careers Conference, Savannah, Terry Smith, (404) 657-8307 
 
18-24 National Children's Book Week, The Children's Book Council, Inc., (212) 966-1990 
 
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Georgia Association of Educato~ District 8 Meeting, Savannah, John Dobrenic, 
 
(912) 638-4993 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Meeting, Calhoun, Fred Gould, (706) 695-6140 
 
19 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 6 Meeting, Milledgeville, Bettye Brown, 
 
(706) 790-7335 
 
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National Community Education Day, National Community Education Association 
 
(703) 359-8973 
 
22 
 
CAREER FEST, Gainesville College, Gainesville, Susan Parker, (706) 865-2043 
 
23 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 3 & 4 Pay for Performance Workshop, Atlanta, 
 
Bobbie Sharp, (404) 289-5867 
 
25 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 2 North Meeting, Oakwood, Bob Garmon, 
 
(706) 864-7313 
 
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25  Georgia Association of Educators District 5 West Meeting, LaGrange, Bob Holland, 
(706). 596-0713 
 
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Georgia Association of Educators District 2 South Meeting, Athens, 'Jim Bell, (803) 888-2242 
 
26 
 
Georgia Association of Educators District 5 East Meeting, Macon, Milton Sampson, 
 
(912) 742-7399 
 
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Thanksgiving Day 
 
DECEMBER 
 
1-2 Professional Practices Commission Executive and Commission Meeting, Atlanta, Cheryl Graham, (404) 679-4817 or 1-800-537-5996 
 
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World AIDS Day, American Association for World Health, (202) 466-5883 
 
4-5 Georgia School Boards Association New Board Member Orientation, Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Gary Ashley, (770) 962-2985 
 
4 
 
Georgia Association of Educators _District 4 Meeting, Decatur, Elsie Jones, (404) 286-1984 
 
5 
 
Georgia School Boards Association School Law Seminar, Renaissance Wavery Hotel, Atlanta, 
 
Gary Ashley, (770) 962-2985 
 
5 
 
Georgia School Boards Association Board of Directors' Meeting, Renaissance Wavery Hotel, 
 
Atlanta, (770) 962-2985 
 
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