In Friday’s City Schools of Decatur Board Newsletter, Superintendent Whitaker wrote: “Although the City of Decatur only encompasses 4.5 square miles, it has the largest wealth achievement gap in the country.” August 14, 2026 CSD Board Newsletter – Superintendent’s Comments…
Questions of Decatur’s School Board today.
Decatur's school superintendent says her husband's podcast has nothing to do her work. Her husband disagrees.
What do I know about the New Markets Tax Credit program that I didn’t learn in the past hour? Zero. What did I learn in the past hour? I learned NMTC was created to help economically distressed communities attract private…
Decatur's school board has squandered the public's trust. The way to get it back is a good ol' fashioned bond referendum.
Is it too much to ask of Decatur's school board that it exercises the same level of fiscal and political due diligence as a diner considering the fish entrée? I'm worried the answer is yes.
I support CSD’s commitment to providing quality early childhood education to everyone in Decatur, regardless of their family’s ability to pay preschool tuition. As Superintendent Whitaker noted at March 25’s school board community meeting in Oakhurst, the best way to…
I’m for early childhood education. I’m also for my local government not sneering at my questions.
