Decatur, GA — The City Schools of Decatur School Board will meet on Tuesday, June 13, at 6:30 p.m. for a regular meeting. The meeting will be in-person at the Wilson School Support Center, 125 Electric Ave., and via Zoom.
At 5:30 p.m., there will also be a swearing-in ceremony for incoming Superintendent Dr. Gyimah Whitaker.
During the regular meeting, the school board will consider awarding a contract to CGS, LLC in the amount of $234,000 to renovate the backfield at Talley Street Upper Elementary School. This item is part of the consent agenda for Tuesday’s meeting.
To access the meeting, follow these instructions:
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The project would be funded using funds from the special purpose local option sales tax.
“We have a need to do some backfield renovation at Talley,” Superintendent Dr. Maggie Fehrman said at the March 8 work session. “If you have kids there, you’ve seen how muddy it gets. There were some things that probably should’ve been done the first time around that didn’t, so we’ve to go in there and remediate that.”
The goal of the renovations is to provide the field with more drainage.
“Some of the issues we have is excessive water runoff coming from adjacent properties. At some point, the field was completely pooling water,” Chief Operating Officer Sergio Perez…
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