Superintendent, Dr. Devon Horton
Dr. Devon Horton serves as superintendent of the DeKalb County School District, managing the day-to-day operations of a diverse educational system with more than 92,000 students, 14,500 employees and a budget of $2.6 billion. More »
The vision of DeKalb County School District is to inspire our community of learners to achieve educational excellence. Our mission is to ensure student success, leading to higher education, work, and life-long learning. We are making this vision and mission a reality – every day, in every classroom throughout the District. Through community forums, focus groups, listening sessions, and more, we have engaged our stakeholders, refined our objectives, honed our procedures, and formulated a robust, highly-structured yet agile and adaptive… More »
On March 20-25, 2022 the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) engaged in a Cognia Accreditation Engagement Review. Cognia, formerly known as AdvancED, is the global leader in preschool through 12th grade accreditation services and is responsible for conducting five-year accreditation renewal visits for member school districts. A preliminary presentation released by Cognia during an Exit Report on Friday March 25, 2022 shows that the team will recommend DeKalb County School District receive a five-year renewal of its accreditation following this intense review. More »
DeKalb County School District’s Master Planning process includes an evaluation of all school and administrative facilities, as well as the infrastructure to support the educational mission of the District. This process includes gathering data about school facilities that will be used to develop priorities for the next Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (E-SPLOST) project list. The Master Plan Process includes several major types of activities. More »
Indian Creek ES Crossing Guard Honored as Metro Atlanta’s Best
Tarin Glenn, a rockstar crossing guard at Indian Creek Elementary School, has been named the Metro Atlanta Crossing Guard of the Year by the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program. This prestigious award, presented during Crossing Guard Appreciation Week (November 6-10), celebrates [...]
DeKalb County Board of Education Seeks Audit Committee Members for 2024
DeKalb County residents who are interested in serving as Audit Committee Community Advisors must email their résumé, letter of interest, and application by or before December 13, 2023 by 5 p.m. to the following address: communityadvisor@dekalbschoolsga.org. To fill out the application online, please visit https://bit.ly/DCSDCAA. [...]
DCSD Celebrates Employees of the Year at the 10th Annual Academy of Educational Excellence Awards Gala
In an evening filled with inspiration and celebration, the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) honored all of its employees of the year at the 10th Annual Academy of Educational Excellence Awards Gala at the Georgia World Congress Center on [...]
Information regarding the DeKalb BOE and monthly meetings can be found at www.dekalbschoolsga.org/board-of-education/
All meetings can be viewed on DeKalb Schools TV (DSTV) by going to: www.dekalbschoolsga.org/communications/dstv or Comcast channel 24 (for Comcast subscribers in DeKalb County).
For more info, visit the Board of Education homepage.
Last day of 1st semester for all DeKalb County schools.
All DeKalb County Schools will be closed. Teachers are to report back on January 2, 2024 for post/pre-planning.
