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Tucker High student plants 1,000 trees

Courtney Scott was awarded a Plannet Connect grant to plant 1,000 trees in her community by the end of June. Photo provided
  Courtney Scott, a 17-year-old soon-to-be senior at Tucker High School, was browsing the internet when a link popped up that she felt compelled to click on. The link Scott had stumbled upon was to apply for a 2011 student grant through Planet Conne...

DeKalb parents rally for charter schools

Mark and Gina Hill said public school was never an option for them until the Museum School opened in Avondale Estates. That was why they found themselves on the steps of the state Capitol on May 17. The Hills, along with several hundred parents, teac...

Decatur church helps Alabama tornado victims

Freddie Avila and fellow church members help repair damage and remove trees in Fulton, Ala., an area badly hit by tornadoes in late April. Photos courtesy of Freddie and Aura Avila and Dena Brett
At least one woman in Fulton, Ala., had a happy Mother’s Day. Her home was nearly destroyed by a tornado and tarps now cover 90 percent of her roof but she still managed to give thanks with tears in her eyes. The people she was thanking were the on...

Residents oppose cell towers in DeKalb Schools

Tempers flared at Medlock Elementary on May 12, during one of the last community meetings held for residents to discuss T-Mobile’s proposal to install 12 cell towers at some DeKalb schools. T-Mobile representatives were barraged with questions and ...

DeKalb students awarded Gates Millennium Scholarship

Mpaza Kapembwa, a student at Cross Keys High School, used his circumstances to develop leadership qualities that helped him become one of 94 students in Georgia to earn the Gates Millennium Scholarship. Seventeen-year-old Kapembwa moved to Atlanta fr...

DeKalb residents uneasy about pre-K

Recent statewide changes to the pre-kindergarten program will have more of an effect on DeKalb County than anywhere else in the state. Under Gov. Nathan Deal’s new pre-K plan classes will increase from 20 to 22 students, the school year will be red...

What comes next in DeKalb’s superintendent search?

It has been nearly two weeks since all three candidates for the DeKalb Schools’ superintendent job withdrew their names from consideration and the school board has yet to announce its next move. The board had previously set a deadline of July 1 to ...

Proposed DeKalb Schools’ budget restores furloughs, pre-k program

Furlough days will be eliminated and the pre-kindergarten program in the DeKalb County School System will be restored under a tentative 2011-12 budget adopted by the school board April 18. The $1.16 billion budget, which is subject to change before o...

DeKalb cities discuss Sunday alcohol sales

With the recent passage of the Sunday alcohol sales bill through the legislature, several cities in DeKalb County are deciding whether to let their voters decide the issue in November. The bill, SB 10, which passed its final hurdle in the House on Ap...

Finalists for top schools job withdraw

All three finalists for the DeKalb County Schools superintendent job have withdrawn their names from the race, leaving the school board pondering its next move. According to School Board Chairman Tom Bowen, Arthur Culver, superintendent of Champaign ...