Friday, May 4, 2012

Grand Jury Calls For Investigation of DeKalb School Board

Updated: Thursday, 03 May 2012, 10:22 PM EDTPublished : Thursday, 03 May 2012, 10:13 PM EDT
(reprinted with permission)
by: Kaitlyn Prat

Grand Jury Calls For Investigation of DeKalb School Board: MyFoxATLANTA.com



DeKalb DA Robert James announced he would not convene a special grand jury LAST TIME it was recommended.  
School Board Chairman Dr. Eugene Walker looked over his shoulder ominously.   Skeptics say that THIS time the
DA is going along with the investigation, but not truly leading it.  What is it that these board members do to
seemingly nice, intelligent, otherwise perfectly normal people who work alongside them? 

Maybe we should fear the school board and elect the cell towers? 







DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A DeKalb County grand jury is calling for a special investigation of the county school board. It's the second time the recommendation had been made in recent months and this time the district attorney is pursuing it.

The grand jury report focuses on how the school board managed money. It questioned why tax payers are paying more than $100,000 in legal fees for former DeKalb Schools Superintendent Crawford Lewis, who was indicted on racketeering charges.

The report also points to an expensive civil suit against a former construction company, Heery/Mitchell.

“The ongoing fiscal irresponsibility of the DeKalb County School Board has caused tens of millions of dollars to be wasted,” the grand jury indictment states.

DeKalb County Schools spokesman Walter Woods said the board would welcome the investigation.

“Everything we’ve done is legal. We observe the law. If we’ve violated the law then let them bring that to our attention,” said DeKalb Schools Chairman Dr. Gene Walker, who said he had not seen the grand jury report.

Ten Superior Court judges will decide on the investigation.


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