Devon Horton, the current Superintendent of DeKalb County Schools, has been indicted today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office due to his time as the former Superintendent of Evanston/Skokie District 65. According to an email to District 65 families, the criminal charges against Horton were filed “for acts he allegedly committed while serving as Superintendent of District 65.”
Horton was the Superintendent of Evanston/Skokie district from July 2020 through June 2023. Since then, he has served as the superintendent of the DeKalb County School District, the third-largest school district in the state of Georgia.
“The District has been aware of the ongoing investigation and has fully supported the process,” District 65 Board of Education President Sergio Hernandez and vice president Nichole Pinkard wrote in the email to the community.
“We are deeply troubled and angered by these allegations,” the spokesman for District 65 wrote. “Now that the federal government has formally indicted, the District is reviewing the specific details of the indictment with the District’s legal counsel.”
This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.