Decatur Schools Invites Public to Thursday Planning Meeting

DECATUR, GA -- Parents, educators and others are invited to a City Schools of Decatur planning meeting Thursday evening.

"City Schools of Decatur is initiating a strategic planning process and invites you to participate!" the system said in a post announcing the session. "It is vital that we hear from our stakeholders on the future direction of the school district."

The community-engagement session will be from 6-8:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Renfroe Middle School, at 220 W. College Ave.

Parents, Decatur citizens, district employees and students are particularly being sought out for input. An online survey will be posted on the school system's website after the meeting for those unable to attend.

The input session comes as Decatur City Schools is embroiled in a bit of controversy. The professional fate of a popular Decatur High School clerk who was fired, then reinstated pending a review, still hangs in the balance.

An attorney for Susan Riley says she was harassed on the job prior to her firing by new CSD Superintendent David Dude. The school system has not specifically addressed those claims in public, but said there have been "material inaccuracies" in the way Riley's lawyer has publicly described the case.