What Next for DeKalb County Schools: A Talk with SACS Chief Mark Elgart

Now that a Federal judge has cleared the way for Governor Nathan Deal to replace six of the nine members of the DeKalb County School Board, the school system begins the work of returning to full accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).  Broadcast VersionExpanded Version

Mark Elgart, the CEO of SACS’s parent firm, AdvancEd, says the school system has to show progress even before any replacement board members are seated.  The suspensions of the six board members were based in part on a scathing report issued by SACS last December.  It outlined a string of governance problems on the DeKalb Board of Education.