Would moving the Chamblee magnet program to Southwest DeKalb HS kill the magnet program for Region 1 and Region 2?
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The purpose of the Secondary School Facility Planning and Feasibility Study is to develop long-term plans for addressing capacity needs of the district’s middle schools and high schools.
Option 2B includes – Chamblee HS: Relocate 650 students (Magnet) to Southwest DeKalb HS
Pros & Cons
Cost Estimates
DeKalb Secondary School Facility Planning and Feasibility Study
Chamblee Magnet Program – Is it moving?
Online Comments
Evan – I think there’s a flaw in the thinking around option 2b, in that it assumes that all of the children in the Chamblee magnets will follow the magnet program when it moves 20 miles away. I suspect that the percentage who choose to do so will be less than 100%, and those that do not choose to do so will end up returning to the schools in their attendance zone, increasing their populations.
Kim – Who benefits from the Magnet being located in differing places. Obviously, Dunwoody residents benefit from it being at CCHS versus say, Avondale or Stone Mountain. But the numbers show that EVEN located at CCHS the majority of the enrollment comes from communities to its south. I get that moving the DeKalb County High Achievers Magnet for High Achievers from CCHS to really anywhere farther south is a negative impact on transportation for Dunwoody parents. I think it is equally important to consider the improvement it would make for the overwhelming majority of the current enrollment. Let’s agree that wherever it is located will have winners and losers. Right now, yes, Dunwoody is a winner with the current location. That is hard to argue with.
Empirical Data – There is currently no study on who would be willing to transfer down to SW DeKalb HS if Chamblee moved, so let’s look at the data we do have. The Non-Resident Attendee Matrices will tell us how many students are currently willing to go to a high achievers magnet across town.
Magnet schools for high achievers
DeKalb County operates six magnet schools for high achievers:
- Kittredge Magnet School (Region 1)
- Wadsworth Magnet School (Region 5)
- Chamblee Middle School (Region 1)
- Chapel Hill Middle School (Region 4)
- Chamblee Charter High School (Region 1)
- Southwest DeKalb High School (Region 4)
Elementary School Summary – Non-Resident Attendee Matrices
These are the number of students from each region that go to Kittredge and Wadsworth magnet programs as of Oct 2015. Looks like very few students from Region 1 & 2 are going South to Wadsworth and very few students from Region 3 & 4 are going North to Kittredge.
School | Total | REGION I | REGION II | REGION III | REGION IV | REGION V |
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Kittredge | 321 | 181 | 104 | 23 | 10 | 3 |
Wadsworth | 145 | 1 | 8 | 65 | 52 | 19 |
Total | 466 | 182 | 112 | 88 | 62 | 22 |
High School Summary – Non-Resident Attendee Matrices
NOTE: These numbers do not reflect the number of students zoned for Chamblee that attend the magnet and zoned for SWD that attend the magnet there. It looks like the high schools tell a different story. Next to nobody from Regions 1 & 2 are willing to go down to Southwest DeKalb High School, while quite a few people from South DeKalb are willing to make the trek up to Region 1. (I think we have our answer)
School | Total | REGION I | REGION II | REGION III | REGION IV | REGION V |
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Chamblee | 636 | 120 | 223 | 153 | 87 | 53 |
SW DeKalb | 228 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 82 | 101 |
Total | 864 | 120 | 228 | 193 | 169 | 154 |
Number of students attending a magnet from each school
Reg | High School | Chamblee | SW DeKalb |
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1 | Chamblee | 1 | |
1 | Cross Keys | 46 | |
1 | Dunwoody | 74 | |
2 | Druid Hills | 33 | 2 |
2 | Lakeside | 113 | |
2 | Tucker HS | 77 | 3 |
3 | Clarkston | 41 | 9 |
3 | Redan | 39 | 12 |
3 | Stephenson | 51 | 13 |
3 | Stone Mountain | 22 | 6 |
4 | Lithonia | 19 | 20 |
4 | Miller Grove | 14 | 9 |
4 | MLK ,Jr. | 36 | 53 |
4 | SW DeKalb | 18 | |
5 | Cedar Grove | 17 | 31 |
5 | Columbia | 8 | 24 |
5 | McNair | 13 | 20 |
5 | Towers | 15 | 26 |
Elementary Schools
Region | School | Kittredge | Wadsworth |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ashford Park ES | 12 | |
1 | Austin ES | 18 | |
1 | Cary Reynolds ES | 5 | |
1 | Chesnut ES | 14 | 1 |
1 | Dresden ES | 1 | |
1 | Dunwoody ES | 24 | |
1 | Henderson Mill ES | 14 | |
1 | Hightower ES | 3 | |
1 | Huntley Hills ES | 7 | |
1 | Kingsley ES | 10 | |
1 | Laurel Ridge ES | 9 | |
1 | Livsey ES | 10 | |
1 | Montclair ES | 1 | |
1 | Montgomery ES | 29 | |
1 | Vanderlyn ES | 22 | |
1 | Woodward ES | 2 | |
2 | Avondale ES | 1 | |
2 | Briar Vista ES | 2 | |
2 | Briarlake ES | 16 | |
2 | Brockett ES | 6 | |
2 | E. L. Miller ES | 1 | |
2 | Evansdale ES | 16 | 1 |
2 | Fernbank ES | 5 | |
2 | Hawthorne ES | 12 | |
2 | Idlewood ES | 1 | 1 |
2 | Jolly ES | 2 | |
2 | McLendon ES | 1 | |
2 | Midvale ES | 4 | |
2 | Oak Grove ES | 26 | |
2 | Pleasantdale ES | 3 | |
2 | Sagamore Hills ES | 10 | |
2 | Smoke Rise ES | 2 | 1 |
2 | Stone Mill ES | 1 | |
3 | Allgood ES | 2 | 1 |
3 | Browns Mill ES | 1 | 10 |
3 | Chapel Hill ES | 8 | |
3 | Dunaire ES | 2 | 3 |
3 | Fairington ES | 1 | 2 |
3 | Hambrick ES | 3 | 3 |
3 | Indian Creek ES | 2 | 2 |
3 | Panola Way ES | 3 | |
3 | Pine Ridge ES | 4 | 4 |
3 | Princeton ES | 3 | 9 |
3 | Redan ES | 1 | 2 |
3 | Rock Chapel ES | 6 | |
3 | Rockbridge ES | 2 | 3 |
3 | Shadow Rock ES | 1 | 8 |
3 | Stone Mountain ES | 1 | 1 |
4 | Bob Mathis ES | 1 | 6 |
4 | Canby Lane ES | 2 | 4 |
4 | Columbia ES | 2 | |
4 | Flat Rock ES | 4 | 16 |
4 | Kelley Lake ES | 2 | |
4 | Murphey Candler ES | 6 | |
4 | Oak View ES | 2 | 4 |
4 | Peachcrest ES | 3 | |
4 | Rainbow ES | 1 | |
4 | Stoneview ES | 1 | 3 |
4 | Woodridge ES | 5 | |
5 | Cedar Grove ES | 2 | 4 |
5 | Clifton ES | 2 | |
5 | Flat Shoals ES | ||
5 | McNair ES DLA | 1 | 2 |
5 | Meadowview ES | 2 | |
5 | Rowland ES | 4 | |
5 | Snapfinger ES | 5 | |
5 | Toney ES |
It is also worth noting that if the Chamblee magnet programs move, there would no longer be any magnet programs West of highway 85. Here are the other magnet programs in the county.
Magnet schools of the arts
- DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts (Region 2)
- DeKalb School of the Arts (Region 2)
Other magnet schools
- Clifton Elementary School (Region 5) – math, science and computer education
- Evansdale Elementary School – (Region 2) math, science and French
- Columbia Middle School – (Region 5) math, science and technology
- Arabia Mountain High School (Region 4) – environment, energy and engineering
- Columbia High School (Region 5) – math, science and technology
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Pros & Cons
Planning and Feasibility Study Options
July 25, 2016 – Committees consisting of steering committee members and two representatives from each of the forty middle and high schools studied and discussed these pros and cons of the four potential options to address current and pending capacity needs.
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Cost Estimates
Planning and Feasibility Study Options
July 20, 2016 – Based on 2022 enrollment projections, the Steering Committee discussed these Cost Estimates for the four potential options to address current and pending capacity needs.
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DeKalb Secondary School Facility Planning and Feasibility Study
July 18, 2016 – The study will identify the challenges and opportunities facing each middle school and high school, determine options to address the needs identified, and prepare regional master plans to implement the options. Here are the problems, the funds and the options.
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Chamblee Magnet Program – Is it moving?
July 13, 2016 – Any truth to the rumor of moving the magnet program from Chamblee Middle and Chamblee High? Steering committees discussed the pros and cons of the following four potential options to address current and pending capacity needs.