Monthly Archives: February 2017

DeKalb's School Enrollment on the Day Without Immigrants

Posted on February 17, 2017 by | 24 comments

Across DeKalb, thousands of families took part in “Day Without Immigrants” in hopes of showing the affects immigrants have on education, society and the country’s economy.
Many school districts across the state are reporting high absentee rates yesterday. Below, DeKalb Schools reports the schools that had an absentee rate over 10% yesterday.

CLUSTER SCHOOL TOTAL
ENROLLMENT		 NUMBER
OF
STUDENTS
ABSENT		 PERCENT
ABSENT		 AVERAGE
ABSENTEE
RATE
Cross Keys Cary Reynolds ES 917 411 45% 4%
Chamblee Chamblee HS 1606 428 27% 4%
Cross Keys Cross Keys HS 1332 786 59% 11%
Cross Keys Dresden ES 980 588 57% 3%
Cross Keys John Lewis ES 379 156 41% 4%
Cross Keys Monclair ES 840 413 49% 5%
Cross Keys Oakcliff ES 754 149 20% 3%
Cross Keys Sequoyah MS 1605 600 37% 5%
Note: Given the high percentage of Latinos enrolled at Woodward ES, they may have been left off this list.

Region II sites reporting over 10% absenteeism yesterday:
Henderson Mill – 22%
Evansdale – 20%
Brockett – 16%
Fernbank – 14%
Coralwood – 12% (23 students due to illness)
Smoke Rise – 11%

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DeKalb Commissioners Not A Fan of the E-SPLOST High School Building Additions

Posted on February 15, 2017 by | 77 comments

Stan Jester

DeKalb County Commissioners are unanimously asking the DeKalb County School District to build a new high school in Doraville and not add a bunch of classrooms to Lakeside, Dunwoody, and Chamblee Charter High Schools.
The gym, cafeteria, locker rooms, hallways, fields, etc … at these schools are already overburdened. These building additions to Lakeside, Dunwoody and Chamblee Charter High Schools will end up with more seats but little in the way of common space improvements for the students they already have, let alone the additional seats. I’m strained to understand how building additions are a good idea. Apparently all the Commissioners feel the same way.
The school district recommended the building additions because they believe it is the will of the people. It strains credulity that the will of the people can’t come up with one good reason why this is a good idea for Lakeside, Dunwoody or Chamblee.

1. The County urges the School District to build a new high school in Doraville and give priority to the redevelopment of schools in the southwest and southeast area of the county as it determines projects to be included in its capital improvement program;
2. The County urges the School District to consider the infrastructure impact caused by adding space for a substantial number of new students at Lakeside, Dunwoody and Chamblee Charter High School;
3. The County urges the School District to consider public infrastructure needs as it builds new schools, and redevelops existing schools to increase capacity;

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DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners serves as the legislative branch of the DeKalb County government. The Board is comprised of seven commissioners:

  1. District 1 – Nancy Jester
  2. District 2 – Jeff Rader
  3. District 3 – Larry Johnson
  4. District 4 – Steve Bradshaw
  5. District 5 – Mereda Davis Johnson
  6. District 6 – Kathie Gannon
  7. District 7 – Gregory Adams

RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION BY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, TO URGE THE DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONSIDER VARIOUS ISSUES RELATED TO ITS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the Governing Authority of DeKalb County believes that its efforts to attract new businesses, new jobs and new employers to the County, in part, depends on the success of its public school system; and
WHEREAS, the DeKalb County School District (“School District”) is preparing to issue general obligation bonds in an aggregate amount no to exceed $200,000,000 which will be paid back from the proceeds of an educational SPLOST (“E-SPLOST”); and
WHEREAS, this Resolution accompanies a bond resolution whereby the Governing Authority is pledging to set a millage rate for school purposes sufficient to pay the debt on the School District general obligation bonds to the extent the E-SPLOST proceeds are insufficient to pay that debt; and
WHEREAS, the School District is a separate legal entity from DeKalb County and the Governing Authority of DeKalb County technically sets the millage rate for the School District, for school purposes; and
WHEREAS, the taxpayers of DeKalb County are involved and interested in the building of new schools, the redevelopment of existing schools and ensuring that sufficient public infrastructure, like sidewalks, roads and traffic signals, are in place when schools are built or redeveloped; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Authority of DeKalb County wants to encourage the elected members of the Schoo District and the Superintendent to consider various issues and priorities as set forth below; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Governing Authority of DeKalb County as follows:
1. The County urges the School District to build a new high school in Doraville and give priority to the redevelopment of schools in the southwest and southeast area of the county as it determines projects to be included in its capital improvement program;
2. The County urges the School District to consider the infrastructure impact caused by adding space for a substantial number of new students at Lakeside, Dunwoody and Chamblee Charter High School;
3. The County urges the School District to consider public infrastructure needs as it builds new schools, and redevelops existing schools to increase capacity;

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