The New John Lewis Elementary facility located at 2630 Skyland Drive, 30319 will be opening Fall 2019. This facility will have over 500 additional seats of capacity compared to the existing facility.
Because of the space made available by this new, larger facility, the John R. Lewis ES Redistricting process is being undertaken this Fall (2018), and will affect 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 purpose of this redistricting process will be to determine new attendance lines for John R. Lewis ES and to better balance student enrollment in the areas around the new school facility. This redistricting will be the first of three years of redistricting in the Cross Keys and Chamblee clusters, as a new elementary school is scheduled to open in the northern part of the Cross Keys cluster in Fall 2020 (one year after the new John Lewis ES opens), and the new Cross Keys HS and converted Cross Keys MS facilities will open in Fall 2021.
Public Input: Round 2 (Wed October 24, 2018, 7:00 PM at Cross Keys HS)
TWO REDISTRICTING OPTIONS
Option 1: Focus on Geographic Proximity to John R. Lewis ES
Option 2: Focus on Intact Neighborhoods
Option DS: Not gerrymandered – From Reader David S (updated 10/24 @ 5pm)
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Option DS
Thank you David S for providing us with this option …
Round 2 Redistricting Maps:
Overview Poster Display Map- Elementary School Option 1 Map
- Middle & High School Option 1 Map
- Elementary School Option 2 Map
- Middle & High School Option 2 Map
- Maps showing Detailed Areas for Option 1
- Maps showing Detailed Areas for Option 2
Rebuilt John R. Lewis Elementary School
• Opening August 2019
• 900+ seat school
• 500+ seats of available capacity
Cross Keys Cluster Overcrowding at
• Woodward ES (108%)
• Montclair ES (114%)
• Dresden ES (132%)
3‐YEAR REDISTRICTING PROCESS
| 3-YEAR REDISTRICTING PROCESS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Redistricting Process | Estimated Opening | School |
| Fall 2018 | Fall 2019 | New John R. Lewis Elementary School |
| Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | New Doraville Elementary School |
| Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Cross Keys Middle School Conversion, New Cross Keys High School, Chamblee Charter High School Building Addition |
REDISTRICTING PROCESS CALENDAR
First Round – Cross Keys HS– October 2, 2018
Objective: Collect community input within the board approved criteria
Second Round – Cross Keys HS– October 24, 2018
Objective: Collect community input on presented redistricting options based on board approved criteria
Third Round – Cross Keys HS– November 27, 2018
Objective: Collect community input on Staff Recommended Plan based on board approved criteria
Board approved redistricting plan resulting from this process would go into effect August 2019
Students rising into 5th, 8th, 11th, and 12th grades will have the option to continue in their former school, with no transportation provided
The Superintendent’s Recommendation is based on feedback from all three rounds of public engagement and may look nothing like the options presented tonight (Round 2)
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