DeKalb Schools Could Lose Accreditation
Decatur Metro | December 19, 2012OK, I’m a little behind the 8-ball on bringing up this news, but there’s probably still a bit of interest in discussing it. On Monday, the AJC reported…
Georgia’s third largest school district, DeKalb County, was placed on probation Monday after a six-month-investigation into scores of complaints of mismanagement.
n a scathing report, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accuses DeKalb officials of engaging in bickering and nepotism while letting district finances wither. Mark Elgart, president and chief executive officer of SACS parent company AdvancED, also said the district had allowed academic achievement to slip.
The decision by the accrediting agency could have wide-ranging effects on the local economy, observers say, from discouraging businesses from relocating to DeKalb to depressing housing values, which already have dropped precipitously.
Yesterday, the AJC reported the reactions of residents and political-types to the threat of losing accreditation. Some DeKalb cities just want out.