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DeKalb Schools – Students Kneel During National Anthem

Posted on October 13, 2017 by | 63 comments

As reported by WSB-TV 2, The girls at Cedar Grove High School in DeKalb County took a knee before their playoff game. “Basically right now, the flag doesn’t’ mean what it’s supposed to, to me.” a student said.
They are following in the footsteps of NFL player Colin Kaepernick who refuses to stand for the national anthem saying, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”
In a statement issued by DeKalb Schools, “If students should elect to express their free speech rights, we want to create and provide a safe space to do so. The goal is not to interfere with the students’ constitutional right to freedom of speech.”
Many Americans see kneeling during the national anthem as disrespectful. This is arguably one step short of burning the flag and is a slap in the face to everyone who has served to defend it.
I advocate for the First Amendment across the board. I hope the freedom of students to express themselves will be vigilantly defended across the political, religious, etc … spectrums.

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DeKalb Schools Announces Proposed Property Tax Increase

Posted on June 3, 2017 by | 16 comments

Question: How much is enough? The DeKalb County Board of Education announces its intention to increase the property taxes it will levy this year by 5.06 percentage points over the rollback millage rate.

.pdf link icon  FY2018 DCSD Proposed Budget
.pdf link icon  2017 Tax Digest Five Year History of Levy
.pdf link icon  2017 Notice of Property Tax Increase

DeKalb Schools Proposed Property Tax Increase
When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia law requires that a rollback millage rate must be computed that will produce the same total revenue on the current year’s digest that last year’s millage rate would have produced had no reassessments occurred.
The budget to be tentatively adopted by the DeKalb County Board of Education requires a millage rate higher than the rollback millage rate, therefore, before the DeKalb County Board of Education may finalize the tentative budget and set a final millage rate, Georgia law requires three public hearings to be held to allow the public opportunity to express their opinions on the increase.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearings on this tax increase to be held at the Administrative & Instructional Complex, J. David Williamson Board Room, 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd., Stone Mountain, Ga., on June 12, 2017, at 6:15 p.m.; and on June 27, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. and 6:15 p.m.

Annual Operating Budget Development Process Calendar for FY2018
Monday, March 20, 2017 (5:30p.m.) – Public Budget Input Hearing to solicit feedback from the public regarding the 2017-2018 school district’s budget.
Monday, April 17, 2017 (2:00p.m.) – Committee of the Whole to allow the Superintendent to present the Proposed FY2018 Budget to the Board for discussion.
Monday, May 15, 2017 (2:00p.m.) – Committee of the Whole to allow the Superintendent to present the FY2018 Tentative Budget/Revenue Projections.
Monday, May 15, 2017 (5:30p.m.) – 1st Public Budget Hearing to solicit feedback from the public regarding the 2017-2018 school district’s budget.
Monday, June 12, 2017 (5:30p.m.) – 2nd Public Budget Hearing to solicit feedback from the public regarding the 2017-2018 school district’s budget.
Monday, June 12, 2017 (6:15p.m.) – 1st Millage Rate Hearing
Monday, June 12, 2017 (7:00p.m.) – The Board of Education will adopt the FY 2018 Tentative Budget.
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 (11:30a.m.) – 2nd Millage Rate Hearing
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 (6:15p.m.) – 3rd Millage Rate Hearing
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 (7:00p.m.) – Final FY2018 Budget Adoption and Adoption of Tax Levy

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