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The DeKalb County Board of Education recently approved a $1.5 million settlement payment to a whistleblower in the school district's police department.
Former DeKalb Schools COO Ben Estill, who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the district, has passed away.
Ben Estill, former chief operating officer for the DeKalb County School District filed a lawsuit.
The DeKalb County Board of Education's attorneys earlier this year hired a private firm to investigate allegations of sketchy promotions in the district and questionable use of federal coronavirus relief money on employee bonuses.
The DeKalb County Board of Education at their February and April meetings rejected modernization of 95-year-old Druid Hills High School and voted instead for district-wide repairs at an estimated cost of $444 million.