Five suspended members of the DeKalb County school board appeared in court Thursday. Administrative Law Judge Max Wood scheduled individual reinstatement hearings for the members. All five have petitioned the governor to regain their seats.
The same law that allows Gov. Deal to remove school board members also allows the board members to re-apply for their jobs. But the constitutionality of that law will be challenged in a case to be heard by the state Supreme Court Monday. However, Judge Wood scheduled the hearings anyway.
“Obviously, there is time, although [the Court doesn’t] necessarily work that fast, for them to issue a stay,” Wood said, “But we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.”
The district was placed on accredited probation in December due to poor board governance. The governor has since replaced the suspended members. The reconstituted board has received high praise from the head of the district’s accrediting agency, Mark Elgart, who spoke at a DeKalb graduation last week.
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