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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Good morning Gotham friends,<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I will be in Atlanta the week of January 26 for meetings with charter school clients and partners, and I am hoping to add a few introductory conversations while I&#8217;m in town.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If anyone on the list has contacts in the Atlanta charter school, education, or adjacent ecosystem (school leaders, operators, nonprofit partners, facilities, or education-focused service providers/attorneys) and
 would be willing to make a brief email introduction, I would be very grateful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">A bit of context: I come to this work as a former teacher and charter school operations leader, and I now work with charter schools nationally around technology strategy, operations, and growth. We design and install new technology
 infrastructure, manage networks, devices, and systems, provide help desk support, and protect organizations from cyber threats. My goal for these meetings is simply to listen, learn, and better understand the Georgia charter landscape from people who know
 it well.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you&#8217;re open to connecting me, please feel free to reply to me directly and I can share more detail or draft a lightweight intro email to make it easy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you in advance, and many thanks to this community as always.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best regards, &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Joe Colarusso<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#2F3590;mso-ligatures:none">Joseph Colarusso, Esq., Principal Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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