The Georgia Department of Education is scrutinizing how City Schools of Decatur identifies students for special education services because of the system’s history of over-identifying Black students for these services.
“Currently, the City Schools of Decatur is under state oversight for our disproportionate identification of Black students, specifically, for special education,” CSD Superintendent Dr. Gyimah Whitaker said during the Dec. 10 school board meeting.
The problem has been going on for several years, a district spokesperson said…