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EDUCATION
THURSDAY, JUNE 28 - JULY 4, 2018 • Page 12
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Chamblee Charter High teacher
reassigned
BY DEREK SMITH
derek@dekalbchamp.com
A Chamblee Charter High
School (CCHS) teacher whose
discipline by the school’s
principal helped ignite the fury
of parents has been reassigned
following a suspension,
according to DeKalb County
School District (DCSD) officials.
Uwe Neuhaus, a German
teacher at CCHS, has been
reassigned to the district’s
International Welcome Center,
district officials told The
Champion. Officials did not
comment on the reason for
the reassignment, saying it is a
personnel matter.
The Champion obtained an
internal DCSD email which
describes an assignment
Neuhaus reportedly gave to
students of his German class this
semester. The assignment was
a series of 11 skits meant to be
acted out by specific students
in German. One skit is a scene
between a baseball batter and
an umpire. In the skit, the batter
lets go of a bat, which knocks the
umpire unconscious. When the
umpire wakes, he first threatens
the batter with the bat, then after
the batter begs for forgiveness,
the umpire “hugs the batter,
strokes his hair, rubs his back on
the belly of the batter and gives
him back the bat,” the email
reads.
According to the email,
when a student asked Neuhaus
to explain what was meant by
“rubs his back on the belly of
the batter.” Neuhaus said “when
we stand in front of each other,
I turn around and put my back
against your belly and then
move up and down (like many
pop stars like Beyonce do when
they are erotically dancing on
stage), then I rub my back on
your belly.”
On June 11, dozens of
parents and CCHS supporters
turned out for the DCSD Board
Neuhaus
of Education Community Input
Session, with many speaking
against CCHS principal Rebecca
Braaten. A recently graduated
CCHS student said Braaten
creates “a hostile environment”
for teachers.
“I worry that when teachers
do not feel appreciated
and supported, but instead
threatened, they will be less able
to do the excellent work they’ve
done in the past,” the student
said.
Braaten had been principal at
CCHS for one year. The school
received gold medal recognition
from U.S. News and World
Report in May and was ranked
as the 14th best high school in
Georgia and 457th best out of
more than 6,500 high schools
nationwide. The school also has
scored above the national, state
and district average on national
tests in recent years, according
to the Georgia Government
Office of Student Achievement.
DCSD officials said in
a statement June 20 that
the district is “aware of the
concerns of members of the
Chamblee Charter High
School community” but would
not comment on whether
the concerns were related to
Neuhaus’ reassignment to the
International Welcome Center.
According to district officials,
the International Welcome
Center is an office within the
district that assists immigrant
families in their transition to
DCSD. Students whose primary
Braaten
home language is other than
English must register with the
welcome center, according to the
district website.
Efforts by The Champion
to contact Neuhaus have been
unsuccessful.
Redan High graduates win national
stock market competition
Four recent Redan High School (RHS) graduates were met
with congratulations from Congressmen Hank Johnson June 14
at Johnson’s Washington, D.C. office. The graduates represented
the winning team in the 2018 National Securities Industry and
Financial Market Association (SIFMA) Capitol Hill Challenge
Stock Market Game.
“These young minds deserve to be recognized and celebrated,”
Johnson said in a press release. “We must continue to foster all of
our students’ interests in the financial market and support their
efforts to become self-sufficient with their finances and their
understanding of the global markets.”
The RHS graduates competed against thousands of other
students from across the nation in a 14-week challenge, according
to the release. The game organized hundreds of teams of middle
and high school students by congressional district and state
with emphasis on the importance of saving and investing while
promoting a better understanding of government.
“Finance is big part of business, and since I’m striving to
run my own business in the near future, this competition was
awesome for that,” RHS team member Alexis Goings said in
the release. Goings is currently developing a business model to
operate a catering business.
According to the release, the competition uses the SIFMA
Foundation’s curriculum-based stock market game to help
students develop a better understanding of the global economy,
become college and career ready, and improve their knowledge of
math, economics, and business.
RHS stock market game coach William Roth said this is
the first year RHS students have competed in the Capitol Hill
Challenge.
“These outstanding young people dominated the country,”
Roth said in the release. “Their future growth and possibilities are
limitless.”
DeKalb County
GEORG
DeKalb County Continuum of Care for Homeless Programs
FY 2018 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition
DeKalb Local Application Process will open July 9, 2018
On Tuesday July 9, 2018 the DeKalb County Continuum of Care (CoC) will distribute
the local application guidelines and applications for new and renewal funding to
agencies and other entities interested in applying for the 2018 HUD Homeless
Assistance Grant. Applications will be posted July 9, 2018 on the DeKalb County
website at https://www.dekalbcountvaa.gov/communitv-development/arant-
application.
On June 20, 2018 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
released the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fiscal Year 2018 Continuum
of Care Program Competition, FH-6200-N-25. Agencies and interested entities are
encouraged to attend the Application Information Meeting on July 9, 2018,1:00 -
3:00 p.m. at the Decatur Library - 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA. Hard copies
of the Application Guidelines ana Applications for new and renewal funding will be
available. Please register to attend at mcolbert@dekalbcountv.aov
Interested agencies and entities are strongly encouraged to review the HUD COC
NOFA announcement and applicant threshold reguirements in advance. New project
applicants and Victim Service providers are encouraged to apply.
Tne funding announcement and additional CoC resources can be found on the HUD
Exchange at https://www.hud.aov/sites/dfiles/SPM/documents/FY18-CoC-NOFA.
pdf and http://www.hudexchanae.info/proarams/coc
General reguests for information may be made to (404) 371-2727 or by email at
adpope@dekalbcountyga.gov.