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Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Yahoo
Video of fight involving teacher at DeKalb school being used in investigation
The Dekalb County Schools Superintendent responded Tuesday to a video of students fighting a teacher that has gone viral. The fight happened April 22 at Martin Luther King Junior High School. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The superintendent said there was a verbal altercation before what was seen in the video and an attempt to break up a disagreement, Channel 2's Candace McCowan reported. The camera picks up what happened next, and it is now being used in the investigation. You can see the teacher being punched, others trying to break it up and then other swings from students and the teacher himself. Three students have been charged with battery and disrupting public school. The teacher is on administrative leave during the investigation. Superintendent Devon Horton and Principal Michael Alexander laid out what they are doing to prevent fights like this one, like mentors and de-escalation training. Horton spoke about the three students who are now facing charges. 'I don't support them being criminalized. I do not,' he said. 'Every student deserves an opportunity, right? And I will say they are some factors that we are aware of that could have prevented this, and so we are looking into that right now.' One of the students involved just moved to the district a month ago. He wasn't in the mentoring program. There were parents have raised questions about the incident, concerned about what they saw and what they want to see happen. TRENDING STORIES: UPS to cut 20,000 jobs 'Emergency message' orders Social Security withhold 50% of benefits for those who were overpaid 2 women stole nearly $500,000 from their former job, Dunwoody police say [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Yahoo
Some question $6.5M spent on new office space by DeKalb Co. school system
Dekalb County Schools is answering questions about more than $6 million spent on a new office space. At the Dekalb County Schools Administrative Complex on Mountain Industrial Boulevard, things are cramped. It was after office hours when our cameras got video of desks in hallways. Another desk sits in a storage closet. And in what was meant to be an office for one, is a place where four people work each day. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] 'We have people that are working in hallways, they're sharing cubicle spaces, they're sharing offices,' Jennifer Cracciolo with Dekalb County Schools told Channel 2′s Candace McCowan. 'Since 2023 it was first identified, so we've been working with local real estate agents to find a space.' The district purchased a building off Park Lake Drive North East for $6.5 million late last year. The building, previously owned by Kroger, only needs paint and carpet according to the district. The purchase, discussed and handled in executive sessions or closed-door meetings, came as a surprise to some. 'I wish we as a community would've had more input in the process and I'm just curious how did the process go,' Donna Priest-Brown, who believes the funds could've been used on buildings where students learn each day said. 'HVAC, roofs.' The district said the money is coming from their fund balance. The district is also promising more transparency in the future. 'We did purchase this in November and we do apologize that we didn't share it publicly at that time,' Cracciolo said. TRENDING STORIES: Suspect in Roswell police killing captured on Ring camera harassing neighbor months earlier Men found guilty of home invasion turned murder in Lithia Springs South Fulton mayor defends controversial spending during 'Mayor Mondays' event [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
