Decatur Schools superintendent under fire over podcasts

With her daughters Taylor and Tina and husband Jason by her side, Dr. Gyimah Whitaker is sworn in as the new superintendent of the City Schools of Decatur by Decatur Chief Municipal Judge Rhathelia Stroud in the Elizabeth Wilson Student Support Center board room on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (DEAN HESSE/APPEN MEDIA)

DECATUR, Ga. — City Schools of Decatur Superintendent Gyimah Whitaker is under scrutiny following revelations about her husband’s controversial podcast and her use of his studio to record hers.

Whitaker, through a spokesperson, said CSD did not pay her husband’s studio for helping to produce her Words With Dr. Whitaker podcast. Gyimah Whitaker’s husband, Jason Whitaker, is the owner of Podium Studios, according to his LinkedIn profile and records obtained via the Georgia Corporations Division.

“The venue was available to the City Schools of Decatur at no cost,” a CSD spokesperson said. “The Podium has never received school district funds.”