Category Archives: Building Additions

DeKalb County School District (DCSD) has updated the long-term enrollment forecasts for each school year from the Fall of 2019 through the Fall of 2025.

DeKalb Schools is planning on constructing a 600-seat, three-story addition to Chamblee Charter High School (CCHS).

Chamblee Charter High School is currently right at capacity with 1,722 students enrolled. Back in Oct 2016, DeKalb Schools Planning Department expected to have 2,328 students (500+ students over current capacity) by year 2022. This projection has been adjusted to 1,822 students by 2022 and only 1979 students by 2025.

7 Year Enrollment Forecast Reports

 7 Year Enrollment Forecast Graphs – All Schools
 7-Year Enrollment Forecast Fall 2019 Summary
 DCSD 7-Year Enrollment Forecast Summary
 DCSD 7 Year Enrollment Forecast Graphs – District-Region-Cluster

Upcoming Construction Advisory Committee (CAC) meetings
Chamblee Charter HS – CAC – Jan 30 @ 6pm in their media center
Dunwoody HS – CAC – Tueday Jan 22 @ 4pm in their media center

Chamblee Charter HS Building Additions
The architect for CCHS, Hussey Gay Bell, has provided two options for the addition. One requires a land purchase and the other one calls for putting the practice fields on top of a parking garage. I’ve never heard of anybody doing anything like Option 2. I thought people were kidding when I first heard about it.

E-SPLOST projects are already way over budget. The current Chamblee building additions budget doesn’t include land purchases or practice fields on top of parking garages. DeKalb Schools Planning Department should be coming out in the next couple of months with a complete assessment of our E-SPLOST projects and budget.

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Dunwoody 7-Year Enrollment Forecasts
January 3, 2019 – DeKalb County School District (DCSD) has updated the long-term enrollment forecasts for each school year from the Fall of 2019 through the Fall of 2025. Even with these conservative estimates, Dunwoody HS (DHS) enrollment is expected to exceed 2,300 by 2021.

Make Chamblee Charter HS Better Not Bigger
October 22, 2018 – DeKalb Schools is planning on constructing a 600-seat, three-story addition to Chamblee Charter High School (CCHS). The architect has provided two options for the addition. One requires a land purchase and one does not.