Justin McCurdy, center, joined a group of High Point Elementary tudents on the new deck he and his dad built for the school. Left to right, the students are Khana Cooper, 5, Samuel Cooper, 8, Ivey Boyd, 11, McCurdy, Eden Boyd, 9 (in tree), Tatum Boyd, 6, and Zahria Whittington, 8.
New DeKalb school board member Stan Jester, right, was sworn in Jan. 5 by Justice David Nahmias. left, according to Jester's wife, DeKalb Commissioner Nancy Jester.