Opposition to Gov. Nathan Deal’s school takeover plan continues to grow.
The DeKalb County school board voted Monday to urge its residents to vote “no” on the ballot measure. The 5-1 decision makes DeKalb the largest school district, so far, to take a stand against the ballot measure.
Deal’s proposed Opportunity School District would create a state-run school system that would manage so-called “chronically failing” schools, or schools that earn an “F” for three consecutive years on the state’s report card.
Speaking to a group of educators about the plan recently, Deal said there’s no excuse for schools that continue to earn low scores.
“If you take your family out to eat at a restaurant, and they’re required to post their score on the board for you to see, and they have gotten a 60 … not just a 60 for that most recent monthly inspection, but a 60 for the year, and a 60 for the prior year, and a 60 for the previous year to that … first of all, they wouldn’t be in business,” he said. “They’d be closed down.”
