Governor is Wrong to Suspend the DeKalb School Board
School board member Eugene Walker responds to Gov. Nathan Deal's decision to suspend six members of the DeKalb board of education.
The Governor is wrong in his decision to suspend members of the DeKalb County Board of Education. The DeKalb School District has been placed on probation by a private accrediting institution called SACS which holds considerable sway in the education community. SACS has made a multitude of allegations, some of which I agree with, but all of them were developed unilaterally in a shrouded process. The leadership of SACS is not elected by the public, do not have to conform to open meetings and open records laws, and are not subject to constitutional due process as they sit in judgment of public institutions and elected officials. The DeKalb Board of Education, like all school boards, is a public institution. We have open meetings, open …
JJ
10:15 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
He still doesn't get it! BOE chose to pay the defense bill of Crawford Lewis instead of giving Teachers a raise. They chose to give away $114,000 dollars for an ineffective superintendent. They are not showing good judgement in their hiring practices, money mgmt or leadership abilities. more ›