I have seen that some want to paint me into the corner as a one issue candidate. Nothing could be further from the truth. In my campaign I promised that I would represent all DeKalb neighborhoods in a fair and equitable manner. Nothing has changed there. One of the things I feel we need to start looking at is the information we get from county staff. This is one place we need to start asking the hard questions. Our goal is to improve all of DeKalb schools not just some of them. I remain committed to neighborhood schools and will follow closely zoning items that may have a direct effect on our neighborhood schools. We must also be aware of our crumbling buildings and how we can better maintain them in an economical manner.
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Mr. McChesney, it appears you have won your election and will serve DeKalb County as a new member of its School Board. Congratulations. I hope you will follow through with your commitment to neighborhood schools by supporting a Board Policy for Administrative Transfers (as they are now called, they used to be known as "special permission"). Currently these transfers are passed out as favors or given to the parents who
whine the loudest and most often. There are currently about 7,000 administrative transfer students attending schools outside their true attendance zones. This is killing the neighborhood schools -- both the schools forced to receive these students and the schools from which they are fleeing. It is lowering the housing prices in those neighborhoods where it is perceived that the local school is performing poorly.
Do you have the guts to abort this pratice by making it a Board policy under which the Superintendent and his administrators can be monitored by the Board? It is what your constituency wants. Will you fight for it?
P.S.
Will you respond to the questions in the above post at:
http://dekalbschoolwatch.blogspot.com/
The community is closely following the actions of our Board and Administrators and we would all like to hear your responses.
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