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4 ousted DeKalb School Board members ask for reinstatement
Apr 24, 2013 at 4:43 PM

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Four of the six DeKalb County School Board members removed from office by Gov. Nathan Deal have written formal requests for reinstatement.

The four - Pam Speaks, Sarah Copelin-Wood, Jesse Cunningham and Donna...
Lilburn, Brookhaven, Druid Hills, East Atlanta Village, decatur, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain

The effort to get more detail behind a $16 million budget shortfall
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Apr 19, 2013 at 2:40 PM
Seven months after an audit that blamed Georgia Perimeter College's $16 million budget shortfall on financial mismanagement, a former student's effort to get more answers have been stymied.

Judge lets DeKalb school district drop from lawsuit
Apr 2, 2013 at 10:56 AM

ATLANTA -- A federal judge has granted a request from the DeKalb County school district to allow it to withdraw from a lawsuit against the state.

Last week, the district said it wished to withdraw, but that former board chairman Eugene...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain

DeKalb Schools delays a balanced calendar year
Apr 1, 2013 at 5:37 PM

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- At its meeting Monday, the DeKalb County Board of Education voted to delay the implementation of the district's balanced calendar until the 2014-15 school year.

Instead it passed a traditional...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, decatur, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain, kirkwood, emory

DeKalb school district asks to withdraw from suit
Mar 28, 2013 at 6:41 PM
The DeKalb County school district is asking a federal judge to allow it to withdraw from a lawsuit against the state.

DeKalb schools to hold teacher career forum
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Mar 27, 2013 at 9:00 AM

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- Two days after sending out teacher contracts for next year, DeKalb County Schools will hold a teacher career forum on Wednesday.

School leaders said they don't expect an unusual number of teacher transfers...
Stone Mountain

DeKalb CEO, Board of Commissioners kick off National County Government Month
Mar 27, 2013 at 10:23 AM

DECATUR, Ga – DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis announces DeKalb County will join the National Association of Counties (NACo), along with counties across America, in celebrating National County Government Month (NCGM) this April. The month-long...
decatur, Chamblee, Tucker, Stone Mountain, kirkwood

DeKalb School Board votes to drop lawsuit
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Mar 21, 2013 at 6:02 AM

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- The DeKalb County Board of Education voted to terminate their lawsuit against the Georgia State Board of Education during a board meeting Wednesday. 

Board members voted 9-0 in their first meeting as a newly...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain, emory

New DeKalb board members sworn in
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Mar 13, 2013 at 4:21 PM

ATLANTA -- Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday six names to replace six ousted DeKalb County School Board members. 

The new board members -- John Coleman, Michael Erwin, David Campbell, Joyce Morley, Karen Carter and Thaddeus Mayfield...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain

Deal announces DeKalb board selections
Mar 13, 2013 at 7:46 AM
Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday six names to replace six ousted DeKalb County School Board members.

Gov. Deal fires back at civil rights leaders over DeKalb School Board
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Mar 12, 2013 at 6:22 PM

ATLANTA --  Governor Nathan Deal (R-Georgia) announced Tuesday that he will name replacements Wednesday morning for 6 DeKalb County School Board members he suspended on February 25th.

His office also released a list of 60 possible...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, decatur, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain, kirkwood, emory

Lawmakers criticize SACS, question state's accreditation process
Mar 12, 2013 at 10:20 PM
ATLANTA -- Sparked by the recent removal of two-thirds of the DeKalb County School Board, members of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus held a hearing to discuss the state's accreditation process.

Tuesday evening, lawmakers spent more than...

Who should have a say in DeKalb School Board selection?
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Mar 12, 2013 at 12:56 PM

ATLANTA -- In a matter of days, more than 400 applicants for the DeKalb County School Board will be narrowed down to 12 finalists.

The six-person nominating panel conducted 60 interviews over the weekend and into Monday. The panel...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, decatur, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain

Gov. Deal and NAACP disagree during meeting about DeKalb schools
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Mar 11, 2013 at 3:57 PM

ATLANTA - Things got a little testy at the State Capitol on Monday after members of the NAACP and other civil rights groups sat down with Governor Nathan Deal (R-Georgia) over the DeKalb County School Board crisis.

They met behind...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, decatur, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain, kirkwood, emory

DeKalb students grill Governor Deal about accreditation threat
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Mar 7, 2013 at 4:25 PM

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - We've heard plenty from adults about the accreditation crisis facing DeKalb County's School system thanks to its dysfunctional school board.

But we hadn't heard much from the students who stand to lose the...
Brookhaven, Druid Hills, decatur, doraville, Chamblee, Tucker, Dunwoody, Stone Mountain, kirkwood, emory