DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A school district could pay an outside company $500,000 to recruit students to fill its classrooms.
Officials are calling this a return on their investment.
“Instead of figuring out what is the root cause of this issue, they’re consistently just trying to do what another district did,” said DeKalb parent Jeannette Fusia.
Fusia called the school district’s new recruitment strategy another expensive band aid that she says won’t ultimately benefit students.
According to the contract between the DeKalb County School District and a company called Caissa K12, the recruitment company is paid up to $500,000 if it gets at least 560 students to enroll in by early October.
[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]
[SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
©2026 Cox Media Group
