Tag Archives: Dekalb County Schools

DeKalb County High School could double its home side capacity with the plans for stadium upgrades. The school board recently approved to bid out for new bleachers, lights, and concrete work. Principal and Athletic Director Bruce Curtis said the project could cost anywhere between $800,000 to $1 million. “It’s time and we also want to make our games a better ... Read More »

Some Upper Cumberland schools are seeing a drop in COVID cases after an initial spike when school began. DeKalb’s Director of Schools Patrick Cripps said they’ve seen a consistent drop by the day in their numbers. He said their numbers have dropped all the way to the teens. “You know we haven’t changed anything from what we started the school ... Read More »

The Dekalb County School System is partnering with Tennessee Tech to train teachers for the classroom. Director of Schools Patrick Cripps said Tech reached out and the system was more than interested in participating in the Grow Your Own program. Cripps said this program is a huge benefit being in a rural area. “There’s a, I would hate to say ... Read More »

Dekalb County Schools have opened registration for its Summer Learning Camp. The schedule is set for May 25 until June 23 from 8:00 AM until 3:00 PM. Dekalb County Director of Schools Patrick Cripps said anytime students were out of the building, there was learning lost. “We have students that have been remote all year long and then we’ve had ... Read More »

Dekalb County Schools will be fully virtual this week, after staffing shortages forced the school system to extend past the original December 11 return date. School Director Patrick Cripps said schools were already short on substitute teachers when Dekalb County High School was the only school going fully virtual last week. Cripps said the system tried shifting staff to other ... Read More »

All Dekalb County Schools will continue remote learning through the rest of 2020. The county school system went fully remote on December 4th due to an increase in COVID cases among staff and students. Dekalb County School Director Patrick Cripps said the school system will look to return in person on January 4th. Previously, when Dekalb County High School was ... Read More »

A substitute teacher shortage has forced Dekalb County High School to stop in-person learning through December 11. Dekalb County School Director Patrick Cripps said he’s dealing with 1/4 to 1/3 of his staff being out, with quarantine numbers in the double digits at just one school. Cripps said this was his fear going into Thanksgiving break. “Starting Friday, actually Thursday ... Read More »

All but one Dekalb County School will return to in-person instruction Monday, according to central office. According to school officials, Smithville Elementary students will work virtually for at least one week due to a high number of faculty in quarantine. Read More »

Dekalb County Schools reopen Wednesday morning with a mask mandate and remote learning as two separate challenges. Dekalb County delayed opening schools for two weeks when an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Dekalb County School Director Patrick Cripps said he wanted to avoid having regrets about re-opening without a mask mandate. “We’ve got to try to keep our students and ... Read More »