A portion of a local Eagle Scout project at DeKalb West School will be dedicated to former principal Danny Parkerson, who retired last year after 19 years as principal at the school. The Board of Education voted to grant a request from Scoutmaster Jen Sherwood to dedicate a new flagpole at the school to Parkerson. "I’m here on behalf of my son James Sherwood, who has been working on an Eagle Scout project at DeKalb West School which included planting a tree donated by Mack Harney of Harney's Nursery, and adding four welcoming benches at the entrance of the new building.