STOCKBRIDGE — Officials pitched their efforts to improve discipline practices in local schools this week during town hall meetings hosted by State Sen. Emanuel Jones.
Jones hosted the first meeting Monday at Eagle’s Landing Middle and the second Wednesday at Stockbridge Middle, where he expressed his motivations.
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