Amy Ray and Emily Saliers first met and got to know each other as students at Laurel Ridge Elementary School in DeKalb County , Georgia , just outside Decatur , Georgia , but were not close friends .
Emily Saliers was a grade older than Amy Ray .
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers first met and got to know each other as students at Laurel Ridge Elementary School in DeKalb County , Georgia , just outside Decatur , Georgia , but were not close friends because Saliers was a grade older than Ray .