DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris toured seven schools Monday to kick off the first day. Author: Tracey Amick Peer Updated: 7:48 PM EDT August 2, 2021 DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Monday was the first day of school in Georgia's DeKalb County and it is in person -- very different from how it was last year. To kick off this first day, the district's superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris toured seven schools, including the Early Learning Center on Fayetteville Road in Atlanta. It was a day marked with plenty of pictures, hugs -- and masks -- a mandate parent and teacher Tameka Turnage said she hopes won’t be hard on the children.