Dublin United

Dublin United Dublin United is a community-focused organization that aims to empower Laurens County residents.

08/25/2026

As we continue to pray for Dublin City Schools, let us also pray for our entire Dublin community.

The continued violence in our community should concern us all. Our children and families deserve to feel safe, supported, and hopeful about their future.

Now is the time for us to come together as parents, churches, community leaders, organizations, and neighbors. Let’s stand with and support our law enforcement officers as they work to keep our community safe, while each of us does our part to promote peace and positive change.

Let’s choose unity over division, peace over violence, and hope over hopelessness.

Let’s stay together for Dublin.

08/14/2026

OUR COMMITMENT HAS NOT CHANGED

DUBLIN–LAURENS COUNTY, WE REMAIN UNITED

From the beginning, Dublin United has believed that our students, teachers, staff, and families deserve a school system they can believe in and be proud of.

Our commitment remains centered on transparency, fairness, equality, opportunity, and unity.

We continue to stand in solidarity with the students, teachers, and staff of Dublin City Schools because we want what is best for our schools and, most importantly, what is best for every child who walks through their doors each day.

Standing in solidarity means supporting our educators, encouraging our students, recognizing progress, and continuing to advocate for the resources and opportunities necessary for every school to succeed.

We believe in Dublin City Schools. We believe in our students. We believe in our educators. And we believe in the strength of this community.

Our commitment has not changed: every student, every teacher, every school.

We need you to be part of this journey. Follow the Dublin United page, invite your family and friends to follow, and help us continue building a community that is connected, informed, positive, and united.

Dublin United: Rooted in Unity, Growing in Strength. 💚

08/02/2026

DUBLIN, LET’S SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS FOR THE NEW YEAR

As Dublin City Schools students, teachers, administrators, and staff prepare to begin the 2026–2027 school year on Monday, August 3, I ask our entire community to pause and come together in support of our schools.

A new school year brings fresh opportunities for learning, growth, leadership, achievement, and unity.

To every teacher new and returning:
We see you, appreciate you, and thank you for answering the call to serve. We are wishing you strength, patience, wisdom, peace, and renewed purpose as you carry the tremendous responsibility of educating and shaping young lives.

To every student:
We wish for your safety, focus, confidence, and success. May you enter each classroom knowing that you are loved, supported, valued, and capable of accomplishing great things.

To our administrators and support staff:
To the bus drivers, cafeteria workers, counselors, coaches, paraprofessionals, custodians, office staff, and everyone who helps our schools operate each day thank you. Your work matters, and your service makes a lasting difference in the lives of our children.

As a community, we have raised concerns and asked important questions because we care deeply about the future of our schools. As this new year begins, we reaffirm our commitment to support, encourage, and stand behind those who serve our children each day.

Now is the time to stand together and uplift one another.

We extend our hopes over every school, classroom, hallway, cafeteria, bus, athletic field, and office. May this year bring safety, wisdom, patience, peace, protection, and unity throughout our school community.

Let every student and educator know:

Your community sees you.
Your community supports you.
Your community stands with you.

May the 2026–2027 school year be filled with growth, encouragement, achievement, protection, and purpose.

Dublin, let’s come together to support our schools, uplift our teachers, encourage our students, and believe in a strong, prosperous, and successful school year.

08/01/2026

Dublin City Schools would face fewer challenges with consistent transparency and accountability. Without it, preferred projects can overshadow urgent district needs. Leadership must listen to parents, staff, students, and community members to prioritize the most pressing needs.

Progress should be measured not by what is built or promoted, but by whether the district has qualified staff, adequate resources, stable classrooms, and the support students need to succeed. Without accountability, leadership risks losing sight of the people it serves.

08/01/2026

Community, serious questions remain about transparency within Dublin City Schools.

Parents, employees, and community members deserve clear and accurate information about staffing shortages, vacant positions, staff reductions, classroom support, instructional resources, and how these challenges are affecting students.

For example, Dublin Middle School reportedly has 21 new teachers and is still short-staffed. This raises important questions about teacher turnover, classroom stability, staff experience, and whether students will receive the consistent instruction and support they need.

The community deserves to know:

How many teaching positions remain vacant at each school?

How many classrooms will be covered by substitutes, long-term substitutes, or other staff?

What are the current class sizes, particularly at Dublin Middle School?

Transparency begins with providing clear facts—not general statements.

Our students deserve stable classrooms, qualified educators, and honest answers.

07/28/2026

Day 10: A Unified Leadership System

Cognia advised Dublin City Schools to implement, monitor, and adjust a unified leadership system that strengthens recruitment, supervision, and employee evaluation.

What This Means for Our Community

Employees should clearly understand who supervises them, how their performance is evaluated, how promotions and transfers are determined, and how workplace concerns are addressed.

The reports and related correspondence raised concerns about staffing, compensation, communication, and the lack of clear, consistently documented criteria for eliminating certain positions while retaining others.

It is important to clarify that the Georgia Department of Education did not direct the district to eliminate specific employees or positions. The superintendent and Board of Education remained responsible for final staffing, salary, budget, and operational decisions.

Staffing decisions also directly affect students. Reductions in teachers, counselors, interventionists, academic coaches, and other support staff can increase employee workloads and weaken instructional and student-support services.

Recruitment, hiring, evaluation, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, and position-elimination decisions should be fair, transparent, consistently documented, and based on established standards—not favoritism, politics, personal relationships, or unequal treatment.

Strong leadership should create clarity, stability, support, fairness, and accountability—not fear, confusion, or uncertainty.

Community Question

Are staffing and employment decisions being applied fairly, consistently, and transparently across all schools and employees?

Disclaimer

The information shared in this series is based primarily on findings, statements, and correspondence contained in the Cognia Monitoring Review, the State Auditor’s Special Report, the GaDOE Financial Improvement Plan correspondence, and other related documents posted on the Transparency page of the Dublin City Schools website.

Some information may also come from other credible or confidential sources. To protect privacy and confidentiality, the identities of certain sources may not be disclosed.

The purpose of these posts is to help the community better understand the available information, encourage transparency, and support informed public discussion—not to spread rumors, make unsupported accusations, or divide the community. Everyone is encouraged to review the original reports, correspondence, and supporting documents in full.

07/25/2026

Day 9: Compliance Should Improve Decision-Making

Cognia’s letter emphasizes that district and charter-system compliance should support decision-making that prioritizes learners.

Commentary:
Compliance should not be treated as paperwork completed only for Cognia.

Policies, procedures, reporting requirements, and accountability systems should improve the daily educational experience of students.

Compliance should result in:

* Better instruction;
* Safer schools;
* Fair access to programs;
* Responsible spending;
* Stronger employee support;
* Consistent procedures; and
* Improved student outcomes.

The ultimate question should not be, “Did the district submit the document?” The question should be, “Did the district’s action improve conditions for students and schools?”

Community Question:
How are the district’s compliance efforts producing visible improvements for students, teachers, and school communities?

07/25/2026

Let’s be clear: recruitment can happen before a person ever submits an application or participates in an interview. The application and interview may simply be formalities after the individual has already been approached or encouraged to pursue the position.

When district leadership approaches, encourages, or asks a teacher from another school to consider transferring, that is recruitment—even if the teacher later applies, interviews, and accepts the position.

The issue is not whether the teacher completed the formal hiring process. The issue is that an experienced, valuable, and possibly tenured educator was recruited from one school to fill a need at another. That may strengthen one school, but it can also leave a serious gap in the school that lost that educator.

Every school deserves strong, qualified educators and adequate resources. One school should not be strengthened by weakening another.

07/24/2026

Day 8: Fiscal Oversight and Financial:

Cognia instructed Dublin City Schools to reinforce fiscal oversight and strengthen financial transparency.

Commentary:
Fiscal responsibility requires more than stating that the district has financial limitations.

The public deserves to know:

* How money is being spent;
* How funding priorities are determined;
* What new programs or schools will cost;
* Whether long-term expenses have been calculated;
* How resources are distributed among schools; and
* Whether spending decisions directly support student needs.

Financial caution should be applied consistently. The district should not use fiscal responsibility to justify one decision while failing to disclose the full cost of another.

Taxpayers, employees, families, and students deserve clear financial explanations before major commitments are made.

Community Question:
Will the district publicly explain the cost, funding source, and long-term financial impact of every major initiative?

07/24/2026

Members of our community have made several sincere attempts to be part of the solution. We have repeatedly asked questions, attended meetings, sent emails, and tried to work directly and collaboratively with the administration. We have listened to explanations and given district leadership multiple opportunities to address our concerns.

Many community members have spoken publicly and privately in good faith because we care deeply about our students, teachers, staff, and the future of Dublin City Schools. However, some have reported feeling dismissed, disrespected, or underestimated rather than fully engaged as stakeholders.

Community members bring a range of perspectives and experiences, and many believe their concerns have not been fully acknowledged or addressed. Our concerns should not be minimized simply because district leadership may disagree with us.

It is important to note that some parents have chosen to move their children to other school districts, which may reflect concerns that they feel have not been resolved.

There have been reports and observations suggesting that teachers may be moving between schools within the district, and some community members believe this warrants further clarification from district leadership.

We stand by the information shared in the earlier post because this community deserves to understand what is happening. These concerns should be carefully considered and addressed. Many in the community feel frustrated and concerned, and believe that further action is needed.

We have tried our best to work with the school district, but some feel these efforts have not led to meaningful progress. Perceptions of limited transparency may be affecting trust among parents, employees, and community members.

Our community deserves clear communication, respect, transparency, and accountability from those entrusted with leading our schools. We will continue asking questions, seeking clarity, and advocating for the students and employees of Dublin City Schools.

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