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Filename: A1-MAIN-AJCD0316-3THRE created: Mar 16 2008 Username: SPEED10 Sunday, Mar 16, 2008 MAIN 1 A 3DOT 1 A Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 A Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 3DOT File name: A1-MAIN-AJCD0316-3THRE created: Mar 16 2008 Username: SPEED10 MAIN Sunday Vol. 60, No. 76 244 pages, 17 sections Copyright The Atlanta Journal-Constitution IN Meet our open government heroes, citizens making a difference. IN METRO: Celebrate Sunshine Sunday with a look at stories we could not have reported without the Georgia Open Records Act. Tech chief is D.C.-bound By ANDREA JONES Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough, the alumnus to head the Atlanta institute, will leave Tech to serve as secretary of the embattled Smithsonian Institution in Washington, announced Saturday.

The appointment makes Clough, a civil engineer by trade, head of the largest museum complex and research organization, composed of 19 museums, nine research centers and the National Zoo. He will begin his job July 1. As president of Georgia Tech since 1994, Clough has overseen dramatic changes at the school. During his tenure, Tech has completed more than $900 million in construction projects. Research dollars have increased from $212 million to $425 million, and the school has raised more than $1 billion in private gifts.

He has often been in the Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough will arrive at the world-famous museum at a time of crisis. Please see CLOUGH, A 1 7 Clough will leave storied Atlanta school to take charge of Smithsonian Clayton schools get grim verdict The Clayton County school system is likely to lose accreditation at the end of the summer, a group charged with overseeing the schools decided Saturday. The National Accreditation Commission board, meeting in Chicago, voted unanimously to revoke the accreditation on Sept. 1. A loss of accreditation of the schools would mean no HOPE scholarships and getting into college for students, no pre-kindergarten funding for younger ones and lower property values for Clayton homeowners.

The district must meet By MEGAN MATTEUCCI and ERIC STIRGUS Please see CLAYTON, A 1 7 MARCH 16, 2008 ONLINE AT AJC.COM$2.00 SUNDAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution HYOSUB SHIN Staff INSIDE ALSO: City had eight-minute warning before tornado hit, A14-15 RICH ADDICKS Staff IN SPORTS ALSO: UGA shocks again, upsetting Mississippi State, E1 IN METRO ALSO: Tourism already working to restore D1 HYOSUB SHIN Staff The Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts were among the areas in Atlanta hardest hit by the tornado on Friday. Damage downtown may surpass $150 million By GAYLE WHITE On a Saturday that was expected to be with marching bands, basketball tournament games and convention festivities, Atlan tans and tens of thousands of visitors awoke to closed streets, downed trees, damaged buildings and canceled events. By evening, work crews making good and most streets were expected to be passable by Monday morning, said Atlanta Capt. Bill May. Hundreds of people milled around Philips Arena, the Georgia Dome and hotels Saturday taking cellphone photographs of damage from a tornado that swept through downtown late Friday.

Meanwhile, residents of some intown neighborhoods began the hard labor of cleanup. Others the city several hotels and motels near the airport were by visitors displaced from downtown hotels and Atlantans escaping homes without electricity. Damage from the tornado the to hit downtown since such record keeping began in the 1880s was estimated to exceed $150 million. Mayor Shirley Franklin declared the city in a state of emergency early Saturday, and by midafternoon, more storms rolled through the city. Gov.

Sonny Perdue promised Saturday to to utilize every resource at our disposal, including asking our federal partners for assistance if necessary, to mitigate the impact of this severe Two people were killed in northwest Georgia. Floyd County Deputy Chief Coroner Tony Cooper said Jerry Albers, 71, was killed by debris. A Polk County couple were yanked from their house Please see CLEANUP, A 1 4.