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A Democrat, he was previously the Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County and a representative in the Georgia Assembly. Thurmond served as the interim superintendent of the DeKalb County School District, the third largest district in the state of Georgia from 2013 to 2015. The district serves nearly 99,000 students with over 13,400 employees.
The DeKalb County Law Department said it would seek an emergency order extending the voting times at the affected polling locations. Voters line up in Austell, Georgia to cast their ballots on ...
Athens native Michael Thurmond was inspired to write a book on James ... County and is currently the elected CEO for DeKalb. But he is quick to add that his heart remains in Athens, where he was ...
The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is a school district headquartered at 1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, near Stone Mountain and in the Atlanta metropolitan area. [2] DCSD operates public schools in areas of DeKalb County that are not within the city limits of Atlanta and Decatur.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal suspended Ellis and appointed Dekalb County Commissioner Lee May as interim chief executive officer. [9] On July 1, 2015, Ellis was found guilty of perjury and attempted theft by extortion. [10] He was found not guilty of bribery. [11] Seven days later, he was sentenced to eighteen months in jail and five years on ...
Author Michael Thurmond speaks during an interview with Associated Press about his new book, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Stone Mountain, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Vernon Angus Jones (born October 31, 1960) is an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001 and from 2017 to 2021.. Between his periods in the Georgia House of Representatives, Jones was chief executive officer of DeKalb County from 2001 to 2009.
The area of DeKalb county was acquired by the state of Georgia as a result of the 1821 Treaty of Indian Springs with a faction of the Muscogee (Creek). DeKalb County, formed in 1822 from Henry, Gwinnett and Fayette counties, took its name from Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a Bavarian-born former officer in the French Army, who fought for the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary ...