The DeKalb County School Board voted 6-to-1 Wednesday to hire Devon Horton, current Superintendent of the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in Illinois, as the next superintendent of Dekalb County Schools.
Joyce Morley, the only board member to vote against Horton’s selection, called it a “grave mistake,” specifically noting the difference in size between Dekalb and the school district Horton currently leads in Illinois.
The Evanston/Skokie website has 6,500 students and 1,400 employees listed in the district compared to the 92,000 students and 14,000 employees within Dekalb County Schools.
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