DeKalb Redistricting Meetings Begin For New John Lewis Elementary

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA -- DeKalb County schools are beginning the first of several redistricting meetings for those schools impacted by the new John R. Lewis Elementary School in Brookhaven. The schools impacted include Ashford Park Elementary, Dresden Elementary, Fernbank Elementary, Briar Vista Elementary, Montclair Elementary, Montgomery Elementary, Woodward Elementary, Chamblee Middle School, Sequoyah Middle School, Chamblee High School and Cross Keys High School.

Here is a list of the scheduled meetings:

Round 1 Meeting – Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 7 pm. Cross Keys High School – 1626 North Druid Hills Road, Brookhaven, GA 30319. Introduction to the redistricting efforts including the goals, processes, and criteria. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the redistricting effort in small groups and provide input to the formation of redistricting recommendations. No recommendations will be presented at the first meeting.

Round 2 Meeting – Wednesday, October 24, 2018 – 7 pm. Cross Keys High School – 1626 North Druid Hills Road, Brookhaven, GA 30319. The second meeting introduces two to four options and allows the public to provide feedback on them.

Round 3 Meeting – Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 7 pm. Cross Keys High School – 1626 North Druid Hills Road, Brookhaven, GA 30319. The third meeting presents one “Staff Recommended ” option and gives the public one more opportunity to provide feedback.

After the third public meeting, the Planning Department staff will incorporate all public feedback into a “Superintendent‐Recommended Redistricting Plan."

• First Read: January 7th, 2019 Board meeting
• Board Approval: February 4th, 2019 Board meeting

The new school will open in fall 2019 and will have more than 500 additional seats of capacity compared to the existing John Lewis Elementary. The new school will affect other schools in the Cross Keys and Chamblee clusters as well as move 300 students temporarily redistricted to the Druid Hills cluster back to schools in the Cross Keys cluster.

The Druid Hills cluster redistricting process is also being undertaken as part of a second redistricting process.

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