DeKalb School System wants your input in shaping the future of education in the county
The Dekalb County School System wants to hear what parents have to say when it comes to the future of education in the county. In January, officials will host public forums to get public input on redistricting and consolidation. Simply put, this means you have a say when it comes to which schools stay open and where your children will attend classes under what the county is calling the 2020 Vision Master Plan. "This process proves that DeKalb school officials are taking community input seriously," said parent Jessica Crocker, who's also a 2020 Vision representative for Smoke Rise Charter Elementary School in Stone Mountain. "I encourage parents to inform themselves and get involved." The 2020 Vision process will, after 11 months, culminate…
DeKalb's fraught school board might need a smaller table in the coming years. Next year, the state Legislature will hear a proposal to reduce the board from nine members to either five or seven. Stone Mountain's state representative likes it.
DeKalb's fraught school board might need a smaller table in the coming years. Next year, the state Legislature will hear a proposal to cut the number of board members from nine to either five or seven. Stone Mountain's state representative likes it, so does the school board member from the north side. Paul Womack now serves on the nine-member BOE in a district that includes Stone Mountain Middle School. "I was on the board for 12 years when we had seven members," in the eighties and early nineties, he says, "and it worked very well." But 2010 was tough on DeKalb schools. In May, a court indicted Crawford Lewis, who had been superintendent only a few months earlier, on racketeering charges. That headline first attracted the scrutiny of …
