DeKalb school board finds $9 million in additional funds In one week’s time, financial experts for the DeKalb County School District shifted from presenting a budget with a $14.6 million challenge to one with a $9 million anticipated surplus for 2014.
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May 09, 2013 10:13 AM | 0 | 7 |
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Bridgette Bonner bonner@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Decatur teacher leaves classroom for own business After 12 years of teaching science in the City Schools of Decatur, Kris Webb is turning in her grade books and syllabi to open her own science educational enrichment company, The Science of Fun. Th...
May 08, 2013 10:40 AM | 2 | 11 |
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Bridgette Bonner bbonner@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
More DeKalb school board members seek reinstatement Former DeKalb County school board members Jesse “Jay” Cunningham, Donna Edler and Sarah Copelin-Wood followed the lead of their counterpart, Pamela Speaks, and asked Gov. Nathan Deal for the opport...
May 01, 2013 09:29 AM | 1 | 5 |
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Bridgette Bonner bbonner@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
City schools of Decatur featured in new book As four Georgia public school districts — City Schools of Decatur, Gainesville City Schools, Marietta City Schools and Warren County Schools — reach the end of their five-year commitment to an inno...
Thurmond says DeKalb school system will be a ‘national model’ Business owners, community members and parents got reassurances last week about DeKalb County School District progress from interim Superintendent Michael Thurmond.
The event was a Leadership DeKa...
DeKalb school board sets new course Taxpayers will not have to pay legal expenses for a lawsuit against Gov. Nathan Deal and the state since the new DeKalb County school board voted 9-0 last week to disengage itself.
Former board mem...
March 27, 2013 11:23 AM | 0 | 4 |
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Noreen Cochran ncochran@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Tour deCatur 5K funds help city schools Despite a name similar to a famous bicycle race in France, the Tour deCatur is a foot race and walk that puts City Schools of Decatur on the path to success.
“The race is in its 11th year,” said ev...
March 20, 2013 12:02 PM | 0 | 7 |
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Noreen Cochran ncochran@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
School reform study could cost Dunwoody $50K Dunwoody taxpayers may have to foot a $50,000 bill for a study to see whether its own school system can — or should — supersede DeKalb County’s, which is on accreditation probation.
Dunwoody City C...
March 20, 2013 11:51 AM | 0 | 3 |
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Noreen Cochran ncochran@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
New DeKalb school board meets tonight The DeKalb County school board will meet today at 6 p.m., back up to its full strength of nine members after Gov. Nathan Deal appointed six replacements March 13.
The new board members are financia...
March 20, 2013 11:25 AM | 0 | 4 |
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Noreen Cochran ncochran@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Annunciation Day School to celebrate Greek Independence Day Students at the Annunciation Day School in Atlanta, housed in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, celebrate an extra Independence Day every year.
On Monday, they will salute the freed...
March 20, 2013 11:10 AM | 0 | 5 |
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Noreen Cochran ncochran@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
DeKalb County school board member Nancy Jester resigns District 1 DeKalb County Board of Education member Nancy Jester resigns. On her blog, Jester details her decision to resign, after being one of six members Gov. Nathan Deal recently suspended.
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Judge sides with Nathan Deal on school board removal A federal judge has affirmed Gov. Nathan Deal’s decision to remove six DeKalb school board members.
In a decision handed down Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story denied the injunctio...
DeKalb nominating panel accepting school board applications The nominating panel that Gov. Nathan Deal assembled will begin immediately accepting applications for candidates to fill the seats of suspended members of the DeKalb County school board.
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