Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
DeKalb County School District is accepting nominations through Aug. 28 for a new advisory council specifically for parents of students with IEPs, Section 504 plans, and English learner services, giving Dunwoody and Brookhaven families a direct line to district leadership during redistricting.
Education
DeKalb County School District is accepting nominations through Aug. 28 for a new advisory council specifically for parents of students with IEPs, Section 504 plans, and English learner services, giving Dunwoody and Brookhaven families a direct line to district leadership during redistricting.
DeKalb County School District is accepting nominations through Aug. 28 for a new advisory council specifically for parents of students with IEPs, Section 504 plans, and English learner services, giving Dunwoody and Brookhaven families a direct line to district leadership during redistricting.
Education
Starting Monday, August 3, every visitor to a DeKalb County school must present a state-issued ID for scanning against a nationwide database before entering the building, under a new Visitor Management System affecting all 135 DCSD campuses including those in Dunwoody and Brookhaven.
Education
DeKalb County School District is gradually replacing diesel buses with propane models as fuel costs spike, a shift its transportation director calls "incredibly cost effective" while the district navigates a $12 million ESPLOST overpayment and paused capital projects.
Education
DeKalb County schools open Monday, August 3, matching most metro Atlanta districts; Dunwoody and Brookhaven families face a checklist that includes a July 25 rally, July 29 open house, and a new phone-free policy effective day one.
Education
Dunwoody High School's PTSO posted specific enforcement details for the 2026-27 phone-free policy: students face referrals or detention for any phone use outside of passing periods, lunch, and part of ROAR, with school leadership declaring "no exceptions."
Education
The Vanderlyn Elementary PTO published a statement on Tuesday, July 21, challenging DeKalb County School District's Round 2 Student Assignment Project scenarios, arguing the district's own data shows insufficient seats in the Dunwoody cluster to absorb students from schools slated for closure.
Education
The DeKalb County School District's updated dress code for 2026-27, published July 21 on the Dunwoody High School PTSO site, eliminates gender-specific language and takes effect when school starts Wednesday, August 5.
Education
All DeKalb County schools, including Dunwoody High and Chamblee Charter, go phone-free starting August 5 under a new district policy implementing Georgia's HB 1009 a year early; open house for high schools is Wednesday, July 29.
Education
Oglethorpe University in Brookhaven will hold a Senior Open House on Saturday, August 1, offering rising seniors a campus tour, admission tips and a Common App workshop, while associate professor of physics Dr. Mariel Meier's new essay illustrates the school's pitch to students who haven't settled on a major.
Education
DeKalb County's school redistricting project heads into fall without a director or a community engagement vendor, even as the Dunwoody and Chamblee clusters are named for Phase 1 action teams starting in August with a board vote expected in December.
Education
Veritas Schools, a Dunwoody-based Saturday program, won its eighth consecutive summer debate championship at the Harvard Debate Council Summer Workshops, competing against students from 25 countries and returning to a surprise airport homecoming organized by parents.
Education
The DeKalb County School District is accepting applications through Friday, August 14, for its new Community L.E.A.D. Academy, a year-long program connecting Dunwoody and Brookhaven faith leaders, business owners, and civic advocates with district leadership.
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Antonia Strong, a 26-year educator with experience in Fulton County Schools and overseas, has been named principal of the DeKalb School of the Arts, the district-wide performing arts magnet that serves Dunwoody and Brookhaven students, ahead of the Wednesday, August 5 first day of school.
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