It is a sad commentary that no one has commented on this. It is a good step towards the transparency that is needed in our local government. A lot of districts give detailed accounts online and have for years - take a look at Clarke County and several others around. Hall County Schools is the worst! They have actually gone backwards in this area under the current administration! Take a look at their site. There have been no minutes of meetings posted since summer and the ones previous to that are very scarce on details compared to other systems in the area. Makes one wonder what the Supt. and Board members have to hide? I guess this is the type of thing we should expect when we hire retired State Dept. bureacrats (can anyone say double-dippers - no telling what we are paying these people in addition to their big retirement checks - like to see that posted in the minutes!) without any ties or stake in our community for several of the top slots. There is a lot of poor decision making going on in Hall County Schools these days, most seem to be made more with the current Supt.'s political aspirations and job security in mind instead of what is really best for our kids. Lot of talk, not a lot of walk. How many years has Hall Co been in needs improvement status? All we can come up with is a Language Academy to appease folks in the Royal Lakes community who don't like the school they got redistricted to a couple of years ago because of the minority population and a perception of weak leadership. And whose brilliant idea was it to put the Director of Elementary Education in as principal of that new school while still keeping him in charge of everything else related to elementary education? Talk about priorities! Something has to fall by the wayside (as usual the way this bunch hops from idea to idea without follow through or focus).
Here's an interesting article regarding how this type of program is not working and has shown disapointing results elsewhere:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
Haven't seen that discussion in the board minutes either - wait, there aren't any to look at now.

Wow! You have said what so many parents are feeling across the county! Maybe they will read this and put aside agendas and begin to do what is truly best for our children.