UPDATE: State BOE Hearing Today at 1 p.m. (and LIVE Webcast)

DeKalb County's board of education must defend itself in front of the state BOE today at 1 p.m.  If you would like to attend, follow these directions:

Excerpt from School Watch Blog:

If you are planning on going to the hearing tomorrow (1:00 PM, Thursday, January 17, 2013), here are a few things to know:

Take MARTA

We strongly recommend that you take MARTA because of parking and weather challenges. Take the Red Line or the Gold Line to Five Points Station downtown. Exit the train at Five Points and get on the Blue Line or Green Line and go EAST one stop to the Georgia State Station (inside Twin Towers). Follow the signs to the State Office Building.

The hearing will be held in Room 2070 on the 20th Floor of the EAST Tower. It’s a relatively small room. Not at all as grand or self-important as the DeKalb County Schools’ Board Room. So, we recommend that you arrive early – close to noon – to get a seat.

There will be an overflow room where the hearing may be watched on closed-circuit television. But, there is a catch. The overflow room is on the 10th Floor of the WEST Tower. Allow plenty of time to get from the 20th Floor of the East Tower to the 10th Floor of the West Tower. Twin Towers’ elevators are not speedy.

If you would like to attend via your computer and Internet connection, here's the scoop:

Today’s hearing before the Georgia State Board of Education will be WEBCAST, thanks to Rep. Scott Holcomb!

Go to: http://www.gadoe.org/External-Affairs-and-Policy/State-Board-of-Education/Pages/Live-Webcasts.aspx

Tune in on your computer at 1:00 PM.

For an overview of today's hearing objectives:  Ty Tagami at the AJC has written an update on the situation:  DeKalb school board tries to hang on to jobs