DeKalb superintendent agrees to release audit
DeKalb County schools superintendent Cheryl Atkinson has decided to release an audit that she previously withheld from the public.
School system general counsel Sutherland Asbill & Brennan advised Atkinson that the KPMG draft audit was “privileged” accountant work product and therefore didn’t have to be given to the public, but the Georgia First Amendment Foundation said the document was a public record.
On Monday, system spokesman Jeff Dickerson was refusing to comment on the audit, saying school board members hadn’t had time to review it. By Tuesday, he was saying that the district would no longer be withholding it and that it would be posted on the school system website, though he didn’t say when.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
