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Tag Archives: school funding
Shockingly, the DeKalb School District left over 300 state-funded teaching jobs on the plate
It’s true. DeKalb County Schools administrators left the opportunity — and the monies — to hire more than 300 additional state-funded teachers on the table. Here’s the scoop: The state funds teaching positions earned by school districts according to a complicated … Continue reading
School Employees Who Don’t Teach
From the Fact Checker >> The National Center For Education Statistics released Back To School Statistics. From 1970 to 2010, in the United States student enrollment increased by a modest 7.8%, while the number of public-school teachers increased by 60%. … Continue reading
Something does not compute
Again and again, we are told that things are going so much better with Thurmond and the (mostly) Governor-appointed school board at the helm – and some things are better. Our credit rating has greatly improved. We have been taken … Continue reading
Posted in Board of Education Meetings, Budget Cuts, Charter School, DeKalb County [GA] Board of Education, DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb School Board Elections, Education in the South, Friends-and-Family, GA Legislature / Laws / O.C.G.A., SACS/Accreditation, School Funding, SPLOST IV, Stan Jester, Uncategorized
Tagged dekalb county board of education, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, Michael Thurmond, school funding
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The numbers tell the story
We downloaded the 2013 enrollment numbers for DeKalb from the state DOE’s website. This document lists enrollment and demographic data for each public school in DeKalb county. We simplified the chart to make it more readable and began to see … Continue reading
Serious Concerns About Tonight’s Agenda
About the agenda for the March 20, 2013 (tonight) board meeting – we have some serious concerns. Looking at the reports, nothing much seems to have changed. We are shocked that Michael Thurmond is not doing his job as superintendent … Continue reading
Posted in Board of Education Meetings, DeKalb County [GA] Board of Education, DeKalb County, Georgia, Fraud & Corruption, Friends-and-Family, Jim McMahan, Michael Thurmond, School Construction, SPLOST IV, Uncategorized
Tagged Dekalb County [GA] School Board, DeKalb County [GA] School System, Michael Thurmond, school funding
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