DeKalb hits record enrollment, Thurmond says

DeKalb County Schools has hit a record enrollment, interim Superintendent Mike Thurmond told the school board Monday afternoon. The district had 99,703 students as of Sept. 4, reversing a trend of declining enrollment, Thurmond said. He attributed it to “the confidence of parents” in the school system, which was placed on probation by the accrediting agency SACS in 2012 and had a majority of its school board members removed by the governor. “It [the enrollment increase] was hoped for but somewhat unexpected,” Thurmond told the board. According to the district’s website, the enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year was about 98,700.