Note: We continue to follow this story because Save Tucker! was told by a follower that this particular principal was specifically selected by the same individuals who were involved in the push for a Lakeside City. Their plans would have devastated the Tucker community by splitting it up and leaving some without any commercial tax revenue in their region to help keep their own property taxes affordable. We want others to understand that the decisions these self appointed leaders wanted to make would have been bad for everyone, regardless of where you lived. They made decisions based on the old-school DeKalb corrupt way of doing things. The methods that have left their own community to clean up and fix the messes like this one... bringing in a principal based on who he knows, not what he knows. Maybe now they will stay out of the schools AND regional politics? We can only hope. This article below is from the AJC: After oust...
This is a blog about the small town of Tucker, Georgia, which is located just outside the major metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. On March 13, 2013, the residents of Tucker learned that a small group of politically motivated individuals who lived nearby wanted to incorporate using Tucker's commercial areas and leaving many of the long-time residents on the outskirts of the new city. This is the story of how the residents have fought back to preserve history and their own community.