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DeKalb County fails to meet AYP in 2011

The DeKalb County School System has failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) this year, according to a report released by the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE). Of the 136 schools in the DeKalb system, 34.6 percent made AYP in 2011. However...

Jewish communities in DeKalb adapt to suburban life

Rabbi Ariel Asa stands on a hill to inspect the eruv, which creates a symbolic circle using utility poles, bits of string, fences, walls and in some cases the bank of a creek. Photos by Daniel Beauregard
It took Rabbi Ariel Asa several months to get the hang of it: driving while carefully checking each utility pole he passed to make sure that none were damaged. At first glance, one might mistake Asa—in his small orange reflective vest—for a Georg...

Peachtree Hope pulls charter application

Peachtree Hope Charter School has withdrawn its charter application and more than 600 students will be placed back into the DeKalb County School System. With the first day of school a few weeks away, officials for Peachtree Hope Charter School were e...

DeKalb Schools improvement slower than other systems on CRCT

The DeKalb County School System is one of the lowest performing systems in metro Atlanta in several subjects and other school systems are improving faster than DeKalb’s according to 2011 CRCT results. When compared with other systems such as Atlant...

Avondale Police shoot man after struggle

An Avondale Estates Police officer shot and killed a man after a struggle behind the Avondale Patillo United Methodist Church off of Covington Highway on July 15, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). John Bankhead, a spokesman for ...

DeKalb Schools approves cell towers, denies charters

The DeKalb County School Board on July 11 approved an amended contract on to allow T-Mobile to install several cell towers at schools throughout the county. The original proposal from the cellular provider recommended towers at Margaret Harris Center...

Update: Several schools in APS cheating scandal located in DeKalb

An excerpt from the report.
(Corrected from an earlier version) An investigative report found that cheating occurred in several Atlanta Public Schools located in DeKalb County during the administration of the 2009 Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT). The repo...

DeKalb County School System administrator suspended

An administrator for DeKalb County Schools is being suspended for 10 days for selling a book he wrote to five schools within the DeKalb system, including one where he previously worked. Former Assistant Superintendent Ralph Simpson agreed to the susp...

Apartment fire leaves 12 displaced

Photo by Travis Hudgons
Lightning may be responsible for an apartment fire in Stone Mountain that left one firefighter injured and 12 people displaced on June 24. According to DeKalb County Fire Battalion Chief Christopher Morrison, firefighters arrived at the Landmark at M...

Decatur kids stay ‘cool’ with summer reading

Children sit and listen to a storyteller talk about different animals from around the world as part of the ‘One World, Many Stories” vacation reading program. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
A hot summer vacation offers plenty for a child to do, they could cool off in a pool or ride their bikes down the street to get an ice cream, but thousands of kids throughout the county have something else in mind. On June 1, the DeKalb County Librar...