DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- A school district facing serious financial problems has purchased its superintendent a brand new vehicle, and there's also the DeKalb school employee who occasionally serves as Cheryl Atkinson's personal driver....

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Just a few months ago, DeKalb County's School Board was cutting millions from its budget and eliminating jobs.

Now some are wondering how they can approve raises for 4 top school administrators, especially with...

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- The average SAT scores for Georgia's Class of 2012 were released Monday.
According to the results, which were posted by the Georgia Department of Education, Georgia's graduating seniors scored an average of 1452 out...

ATLANTA -- The accrediting agency for DeKalb County Schools will send investigators to the county Oct. 17 through 19 to look into allegations of school board mismanagement.

RELATED | SACS cites 'serious issues' with DeKalb...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson has released the school system's formal response to recent criticism from the Southern Association of Colleges.

The accrediting agency sent Dr. Atkinson a...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Three DeKalb County School Board members say they welcome recent scrutiny from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and won't meet privately to discuss it.

SACS accredits schools across the Southeast....

ATLANTA -- The DeKalb County Board of Education will meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss a critical letter from SACS, one that points out a list of "serious issues" in the system and questions the board's general ability to...

DECATUR, Ga. -- No students were hurt, but one person is dead after a wreck involving a school bus and a car in Decatur.

It happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. Thursday on Panthersville and Oakvale roads.

DeKalb authorities said...

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- Salem Middle School teacher Joe Louis Floyd II was announced as the 2012 DeKalb County Teacher of the Year on Saturday at the Thalia Carlos Hellenic Center.

Four district-wide finalists were up for the honor,...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- In this season of the Olympics, hundreds and hundreds of special needs children in DeKalb County are just now finding out that their beloved Special Olympics program has been all but eliminated for the 2012-2013 school...

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- Minutes into a specially called meeting to approve the DeKalb County School District's Reduction in Force Plan (RIFT) several board members appeared to have a change of heart.

"I'm just not satisfied that the fat...

(DEKALB CO.) -- DeKalb County School District announced a new registration process for International students on Wednesday.

According to DeKalb Schools, all new students to DeKalb born outside of the United States or whose first...