DeKalb Schools: Top positions continue to go unfilled

It may take awhile longer for the DeKalb County School District to fill its vacant leadership positions, some of which have been open nearly a year.

DeKalb County School District currently has four vacant chief positions, including those for its legal, operations, human resources and information technology divisions. The communications chief position, previously held by Eileen Houston-Stewart, was eliminated.

When Joshua Williams departed last July as the district's chief operations officer, officials said a national search would commence. The same was said when Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Hackemeyer left the district in December.

"DeKalb County School District is currently working with an executive search firm to fill the position of chief information officer," the district said in a statement. "Otherwise, there are no active searches for chief operations, legal, and human capital management positions at this time."

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