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School Recovery Report – DeKalb Schools

Posted on September 13, 2017 by | 45 comments

All schools and offices in the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) will remain closed on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Employees are not to report to work.

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Yesterday (Tue Sep 12 2017) we had 62 schools without power. The Operations Team has been working closely with Georgia Power to assess power outages and triage support. As of 12PM today (Wed Sep 13 2017) there were 32 remaining schools without power. Georgia Power reported that the DeKalb County area was one of the hardest hit areas in Georgia.
As of yesterday there were more outages in DeKalb than in Savannah and the Georgia Coast. There are also approximately 100 downed trees across roads. Many of these trees have live power lines on them.
The School Nutrition Department has also been working to determine the impact of power outages to school cafeterias. They indicate that there are some schools that had spoilage of food due to the power outages, and are in the process of contacting vendors to place orders for replacement food as needed.

Make Up Days – Feb 16, 2018 is a designated inclement weather make up date. Futhermore, DeKalb Schools is a Strategic Waiver School System (SWSS) and is not subject to O.C.G.A. 20-2-168 and State Board of Education Rule 160-5-1-.02. The decision to make-up school days missed for any reason is at the discretion of the superintendent and local boards of education understanding that the student performance accountability terms for each contract remain in place.

POWER OUTAGES (click here to enlarge image)
32 Schools remaining without power. Schools in blue below have power. The other 32 are in various stages of getting power restored.

Stan Nancy Jester

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Detailed Status Report – DeKalb Schools

Posted on September 12, 2017 by | 9 comments

As you undoubtedly have heard all schools and offices in the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) will remain closed on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Employees are not to report to work.
Today, members of the Operations staff and Public Safety surveyed DeKalb School properties to note issues that might impede school opening.
Status of DeKalb Schools as of 1pm Today

  • 61 schools have access to power
  • 62 schools without power
  • Administrative and Instructional Complex is without power
  • 33 schools have general access issues due to downed trees and/or power lines
  • 23 schools have downed trees on the property
  • 79 schools without internet and phone access

Georgia Power and DeKalb Emergency Management Agency (DEMA)
Presently, there are 144,000 out of 317,000 customers without power in the DeKalb area. Georgia Power and DeKalb Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) have also communicated that the DeKalb area has been one of the hardest hit. DEMA shared that there are 80+ roads that are currently blocked by downed trees or power lines. That could impact school bus travel. Tree removal on school driveways/other areas that provide access to the school remain top priority for the Operations Team.
School Nutrition Department
The School Nutrition Department has expressed concern about the loss of power at more than 60 schools and the impact that this may have had on refrigerators and freezers that house perishable goods. The school nutrition staff will begin assessment of the food tomorrow.

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School Recovery Report – DeKalb Schools
September 14, 2017 – All schools and offices in the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) will remain closed on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Employees are not to report to work. 32 remaining schools without power.

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