Educate DeKalb

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The problem is that the Department of Education has seven different BOE commissioners from seven different districts. If they make an unpopular decision for our area, all we can do is vote out one of these commissioners. We have no power to vote for six out of seven of those commissioners because they don’t even live in our area. There is no ‘check and balance’ process for a lousy decision. We have no power to sue because they have sovereign immunity. We have no power to use a local city’s land department to prevent the construction. There is no review process if they don’t comply with their own school siting or expansion guidelines. There is no power of the public to hold a referendum on the decision. We cannot do arbitration. We can’t even speak for ourselves, as the AJC newspaper only prints the opinion of a former teacher ‘activist’ opinion and ignores everyone else. It’s like, this board can make the worst decisions ever, and there is nothing we can do short of harassing these people in their personal lives. Literally, all we can do is elect a local commissioner that will promise to obstruct other BOE commissioners and make an unpopular decision for them because they didn’t listen to us. We need to form cities and create more ‘home rule’ where a city at least needs to approve a school site or expansion project as a local check and balance to a rouge school board. Cities should run the schools – not large counties where decisions are made by people who don’t live within the area. We simply must create a ‘check and balance’ system via a state statute codifying school siting and expansion guidelines, arbitration process, power of public referendum, cities gaining the power of running schools by state statute, or city land planning authority that must approve school sites and construction projects. We must get involved and create a process for where are voices are heard.

Your plan on the website has two big holes in it.


First off, you cannot simply tell half the kids at Henderson/Evansdaoe that they have to leave the cluster and go to a different High School. Many people such as myself created their entire real estate and child-rearing plans around being in this cluster. You are fully aware that being in the Lakeside cluster enhances our property values. That’s why you are here.


Secondly, where in the effective area would DeKalb county find land big enough to build a whole different hgh school? As well, a whole new high school by your plan would not only displace Henderson/Evansdale students but everyone in the county – just for the sake of going back to your protected 1960s vision.


Bigger is inevitable. If they need more land then purchase neighboring houses.

I can’t find a point of contact or email address for Educate DeKalb on this website. Could you please provide one?

Greetings from the DeKalb County School District. Thank you for your interest in the Lakeside High School Addition Project. DCSD would like to share a series of clarifications to the information on this website. Is there a direct contact to recieve this information? Thanks?

Just want to be on the e-mail reminder list!

I would like a yard sign please.

Son graduated 2005 in the smaller sized LHS; his was the first 9th grade class with no M2M. I oppose huge warehouse schools . We do not want anonymity for our kids, no Columbine environment. Keep it local! All the kids now residing in the City of Tucker should attend Tucker schools.

Would love to have yard sign!

Sadly, my two “Lakeside Better” yard signs were stolen last night (Saturday) from my front yard. May I please have two more?

Thanks.

Please send me Yard sign. Thanks!

Please send me two signs as I have a big corner lot

Please send me two signs as I have a big corner lot.

Great collection and presentation of FACTS!!!!

Requesting yard sign.

I would like a yard sign, please.

Would like a yard sign please. Have made donation to offset cost.

We would like a yard sign sent to us. We have made a donation.

I would like to request a yard sign.

I I would like a yard sign and so would neighbor at 2651 Mercedes. What org. is heading this effort and how di I make a contribution? There are no names or numbers in the circular.