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City Schools of Decatur board votes 3–2 on DeKalb delegation's referendum request for ECLC plan
Summary
At a special-called meeting, the City Schools of Decatur board considered a March 15 request from the DeKalb legislative delegation asking the district to hold a public referendum on the Early Childhood Learning Center plan and, after legal analysis and member debate, recorded a 3'0 vote on the motion.
At a special-called meeting called to consider a request from the DeKalb legislative delegation, the City Schools of Decatur Board of Education held a roll-call vote and recorded a 3–2 tally on whether to approve the delegation's request that the district voluntarily put the Early Childhood Learning Center (ECLC) plan to a public referendum.
Board Chair Dr. Carmen Sulten opened the meeting at 12:06 p.m. and invited outside legal counsel Jody Campbell to brief the board on the legal issues raised by the delegation's March 15 letter. Campbell told the board he found no Georgia precedent requiring a school board to submit a single, specific project to a post-approval public referendum and described the delegation's request as "very unique" and potentially in…
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