Key Points: • DeKalb County parents have formed an online community to publicize issues with the DeKalb County School District. • Parents at Smoke Rise Elementary in Tucker started the Facebook page “Connecting the Dots” after Superintendent Devon Q. Horton was federally indicted. • The former superintendent’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 23.
A lack of accountability, transparency and competency has marred DeKalb County School District’s reputation well before the appointment of former superintendent Devon Q. Horton, according to a group of Smoke Rise Elementary parents.
Parents at the Tucker-area elementary school, which is the zoned school for Horton’s children, have created an online community, Connecting the Dots, to shed light on what the parents consider continued missteps by