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The DeKalb County School Board at its Sept. 11 meeting voted to postpone approving the second year of a lease with Evolv Weapons Detection for metal detectors in schools across the county. 

Coral Lorenzo-Rosario, 17, and sisters Katie and Ashley Gaitan, who were 17 and 16 years old, lost their lives in a tragic wreck in Gwinnett County on I-85.

The Lakeside High community is reeling after the news that three students died in a Labor Day crash that killed five.

Crime detection and prevention were hot topics with the Dunwoody City Council on Monday, Aug. 28, as leaders considered a set of security measures to give authorities new eyes throughout

On the second day of their retreat Aug. 24, Superintendent Devon Horton presented an update on his 90-day plan for the district and said that he intends to provide periodic updates as the plan is executed and completed, as well as a follow-up at the 120-day mark.

 The DeKalb County School Board received an update on the district's communications with Cognia and discussed recent audit findings during the first day of its retreat on Aug. 23.

The DeKalb County School Board will begin a two-day-long retreat on Aug. 23 to work through issues facing the board, including an update on the district's communications with Cognia and a discussion about recent audit findings.

The South DeKalb Improvement Association Education is holding a meeting with new DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Devon Horton on Saturday, Aug. 19.

New Superintendent Devon Horton revealed in a memo sent out Aug. 2 that his predecessor, interim superintendent Dr. Vasanne Tinsley, had terminated a contract with CGLS Architects and Evergreen Construction to build a new 950-seat elementary school in the Dunwoody-Chamblee area, approved as a SPLOST V project in 2020.

DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Devon Horton updated the school board at its Aug. 14 meeting about the opening of school for the year and about the district's attempt to fill teacher vacancies.