Consultant says DeKalb County (Ga.) district should trim administrators

Jan. 19, 2012
Report says school system should cut more than 300 central-office employees

From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Taxpayers in DeKalb County, Ga., have been paying for a top-heavy school system that could stand to shed more than 300 administrators, according to an outside review. The report says DeKalb has 1,499 employees in the central office -- too many for a system its size. The consultant, Management Advisory Group, recommends that DeKalb slim down to 1,162 administrative slots.

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