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Parent groups fill range of student needs at DeKalb County, Ga., schools.
Byline: Karen Hill
Nov. 26--They're back -- painting, planting and paying for the extras that transform schools into communities.
As young families increasingly move back to intown communities, PTAs and similar parent-fueled support groups are blossoming. In DeKalb County, for example, schools are reaping visible benefits -- a renovated locker room at Druid Hills High, a garden at Medlock Elementary and, at McLendon Elementary, a little red wagon kept filled with books to introduce immigrant children to American must-reads like "Goodnight Moon."
Herman Johnson is one of several parents breathing new life into the football booster club at Druid Hills High School near Emory University. This year, the booster club paid to send the team to its first out-of-town summer football camp and spent several months renovating the team's locker room.
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