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DeKalb County School District (DCSD) seeks stakeholder input on options to address E-SPLOST budget issues.

The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is holding five (5) public meetings to seek public input on proposed options to address E-SPLOST budget issues arising from projects going WAY over budget as well as some additional projects. The proposed options were presented to the Board of Education on July 8, 2019.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Presentation – OPTIONS TO ADDRESS E‐SPLOST BUDGET ISSUES
Summary of 3‐Step Process
E‐SPLOST and GO Bond Options
Budget and Scope Adjustments

GO BOND
Part of the proposed options is a potential referendum to approve a General Obligation(GO) bond issue. E-SPLOST is WAY over budget, so to complete the current E-SPLOST program and as well as complete additional projects to address facility needs. The GO bond would be up to $265 Million.

PUBLIC MEETINGS
The five meetings will be held at the following locations on the following dates:
• Clarkston High School, August 26, 2019, 7:00 pm
• Chamblee High School, August 27, 2019, 7:00 pm
• Miller Grove High School, August 28, 2019, 7:00 pm
• Columbia High School, September 4, 2019, 7:00 pm
• Lakeside High School, September 10, 2019, 7:00 pm

SURVEY
To receive more public input, DCSD is conducting an online survey. I took it and thought it was VERY confusing.

Take The Survey >>>>

TAXES
The current E-SPLOST program is funded by a one cent sales tax. The GO Bond would be funded by a roughly 1 mill property tax increase for the next 15 years. So your annual property taxes would increase by $50 for every $150K your house is worth.

DeKalb Schools Go Bond Property Tax

RELATED POSTS

E-SPLOST Program Budget and GO Bonds
July 9, 2019 – The DeKalb Schools administration presented 3 options to address E‐SPLOST budget issues. DeKalb Schools will be promoting a GO bond. Everybody gets a carrot except for Chamblee, they apparently get the stick.

Options To Address E-SPLOST Budget Issues
May 13, 2019 – In earlier posts, I discussed E-SPLOST Budget Overruns and Projects on Hold. What’s the plan? Here are the options we are currently looking at.

The country calls DeKalb Schools racially insensitive for banning hairstyles at Narvie Harris Elementary.

Where is the Social Justice? – How can we expect Social Justice if we can’t be socially just to ourselves? Social justice is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society. This is measured by the explicit and tacit terms for the distribution of wealth, opportunities for personal activity, and social privileges.

I am fascinated that the administration would say these hairstyles are not acceptable. I also find it interesting the country calls this racial profiling and racially insensitive. Perhaps somebody can help me understand. I suspect this touches on larger racial issues in our culture.

Narvie J. Harris Theme ES
The Narvie Harris theme school concept was built to relieve overcrowding in surrounding schools, to offer parents a choice of educational programs, and to provide a diversity of educational opportunities. All the elementary schools in the area are roughly at 90% capacity, almost 100% black, and are all academically failing.

Facebook Post
This is the Facebook post that went viral. When this article was written, the following Facebook post had 2,200+ comments and 4,100+ shares.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217471533159349&set=a.1600075320895&type=3&theater

Related Articles

New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/us/hairstyles-black-students-appropriate-inappropriate.html

CBS News:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-elementary-school-faces-backlash-for-photos-of-appropriate-and-inappropriate-hairstyles-for-black-students/

CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/02/us/ga-school-hairstyle-policy-black-students-trnd/index.html

Business Insider:
https://www.businessinsider.sg/georgia-school-black-hairstyles-appropriate-examples-2019-8/

Yahoo:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/school-slammed-for-racial-profiling-over-hairstyle-rules-211554388.html