RESOLUTION High Quality Life for eKalb

By Viola Davis RN BSN

High Quality Life Consortium issues a petition and resolution to DeKalb County Soard of Education in

an effort to reclaim our neighborhood schools and ensure a high quality education for our children. We

strive for full transparency, ethics, and accountability of issues that adversely affect our children,

schools, and community.

High Qua ity Life Consortium issues this Resolution to elected officials h red and f ired with our votes,

and paid with our tax money to ensure a high quality of life and education for our children nd

community.

WHEREAS:

The mission of the DeKalb County School System (DCSS) is to form a collaborative effort between home

a d school that maximizes students' social and academic potential, preparing them to compete in a

global society.

DeKalb County School System (DCSS) strives to ensure fiscal responsibility in order to maintain safe

and healthy learning environments that support academic programs, resources and services.

The Geo gia constitution states the provi ion of an adequate public education for the citizens be a

primary responsibility of the sta e of Georgia .

And, WHEREAS:

The state of Georgia, presently nder Governor Nathan Deal and the Georgia General Assembly, has

removed over $100 million per year from DeKalb County's school system to 'redistribute' to other school

systems throughout Georgia.

The state of Georgia has removed over $100 million dollars of our collected tax money per year since

2 06 under the outdated OSE formula under the local 5-mill share tax and out of control 'austerity cuts'

from DeKalb County School System.

The state of Georgia placed over 70% of the Refugees in the Clarkston Cluster of the DeKalb County

School System without sufficient finances for supportive services.

Now, THEREFORE:

We call DeKalb County School System to rebuild public trust with parents, homeowners, taxpayers and

voters by ensuring transparency, ethics, nd accountability.

We call on the state of Georgia (Governor Nathan Deal and the Georgia General Assembly) to stop

removing over $100+ million dollars per year from the DeKalb County School System under the local

5-mill share tax until the outside school systems reach 20 mills.

We, the undersigned, are concerned taxpaying citizens, businesses, churches and/or

organizations. We have signed this resolution in support of $100+ million dollars being restored to

DeKalb County Sch ol System (DCSS) th ough removing DCSS as a tax rich donor county und r the

OBE formula local 5-mill share tax.

 

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