A controversial charter school has the green light from Georgia’s Charter School Committee. Today the committee passed the plan to build Lake Oconee Academy in Greene County. Supporters say the neighborhood school in the posh Lake Oconee developments would attract middle class families to the area and spur economic growth. Opponents say it excludes minority and low-income students. The plan has one more hurdle to pass tomorrow, when the entire state Board of Education is set to vote on it.
