Parents Say Big Changes Needed for DeKalb School District
Parents say the district officials and board of education members ignore them and need to get their "house in order."
Parents will get their say during a series of roundtables hosted by the DeKalb School District throughout the remainder of October. The first in the series kicks off tonight at 7 at McNair High School. A second will be held Tuesday at Tucker High. Parents said they are frustrated that district officials and elected board of education members ignore them and their concerns. “The most troubling aspect is that when parents try to have a voice, it seems like we’re being ignored again,” said Shawn Keefe, co-president of the Ashford Park School Education Foundation and father of two students who attend there. On Oct. 8, the DeKalb BOE voted 6-2 to change to a balanced calendar school year, which shorten summer breaks by two weeks and add those …
Gil Hearn
5:26 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012
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