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DeKalb Superintendent seeks support to help troubled district
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Feb 13, 2013 at 6:13 AM

ATLANTA -- DeKalb County School's new interim school Superintendent, Michael Thurmond, is asking for help with the troubled school district.

Tuesday, Thurmond spent part of his second day on the job trying to drum-up support for the...
Brookhaven, decatur, doraville, Tucker, Stone Mountain, emory

DeKalb School Board meeting on district's problems
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Jan 23, 2013 at 8:06 AM
DeKalb School Board members have called two meetings for Wednesday to deal with a number of issues, including those that put the district's accreditation on probation.

New year, old challenges for DeKalb School Board
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Jan 7, 2013 at 7:37 AM

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb County students are still on holiday break Monday, but the school board is at work, with their first meeting of the new year Monday night.

Four new board members will be sworn in Monday afternoon to join...
Brookhaven, decatur, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain, emory

Mandatory child abuse reporting required of school volunteers
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Jan 3, 2013 at 11:34 AM

DUNWOODY, Ga. -- At just about any time of the day at Dunwoody Elementary School, you'll find parents involved in helping with education needs.

"In the classroom, volunteering reading to the kids, things like that," said Tessa...
Dunwoody

DeKalb School Board comes under D.A.'s scrutiny
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Dec 19, 2012 at 12:15 PM

DECATUR, Ga. -- DeKalb County Schools were put on probation this week by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, but they won't be the only ones looking into the school board.

The board is accused of mismanaging money and...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain, emory

DeKalb Schools put on probation through 2013
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Dec 17, 2012 at 9:17 PM

DECATUR, Ga. -- The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has placed DeKalb County Schools on probation through 2013.

The accrediting agency held a news conference at noon Monday following an intense investigation.

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Brookhaven, Druid Hills, decatur, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain

DeKalb County Schools release financial audit
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Nov 15, 2012 at 2:32 AM

DECATUR, Ga. -- The DeKalb County School district has released the forensic accounting and investigative audit requested by Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson.

The draft of the report by the firm KPMG, LLC is now available on the...
Brookhaven, decatur, Tucker, Stone Mountain

DeKalb Schools proposes calendar options
Sep 19, 2012 at 12:50 PM

DECATUR, Ga - The DeKalb County School District is looking make a change to school calendar for the next school year.

School officials are asking for parent input on two calendar proposals.

On is more traditional where...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, decatur, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain, emory

SACS to investigate DeKalb County Schools
Sep 18, 2012 at 7:35 AM

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...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, decatur, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, emory

Fernbank Science Center back on chopping block
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Jun 11, 2012 at 12:05 PM

STONE MOUNTAIN -- The Fernbank Science Center is back on the DeKalb School district chopping block.

As of Monday morning, hours before the scheduled budget vote, school officials want to cut $3.2 million of the $4.7 million Fernbank...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, decatur, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain

Dad uses social media to engage parents about DeKalb County Schools
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Aug 19, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Gil Hearn doesn't fit the part of someone trying to start a revolution, but in a way, that's what this Dunwoody father of four is trying to do through his computer keyboard.
Stone Mountain Lithonia, Brookhaven, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, emory