A new chief financial officer has arrived just in time to help craft next year's budget for the DeKalb County School District.

The school board voted Thursday to appoint Michael Perrone to the job, based on the recommendation of Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson.

Atkinson issued a statement saying Perrone, who was CFO for the Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville, Fla., will help implement a better budgeting processes. Atkinson sidelined former CFO Marcus Turk around the New Year, assigning him to special projects.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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