Category Archives: Chamblee High School

Chamblee Cluster 7-Year Enrollment Forecasts

Posted on January 19, 2019 by | 6 comments

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.

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Chamblee Redistricting Superintendent Recommendation

Posted on January 8, 2019 by | 25 comments

The New John Lewis Elementary facility located at 2630 Skyland Drive will be opening Fall 2019.
Superintendent Recommendation – First Read – Jan 7 Board Meeting

John Lewis Elementary School
• Opening August 2019
• 900+ seat school
• 500+ seats of available capacity
• John R. Lewis ES is located in the current Chamblee Cluster
• Redistricting will go into effect in 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

Superintendent Recommendation
On October 2nd, October 24th, and November 27th of 2018 community meetings were held at Cross Keys HS seeking public input in the development of a plan to better utilize available capacity in John R. Lewis ES and relieve overcrowded schools in the Cross Keys cluster. Two options were presented for the 2019-2020 school year on October 24th of 2018 at Cross Keys HS in a public meeting which included facilitated, small-group discussion to gain public input related to the redistricting options. The input from the meeting was used in the development of a Staff Recommended Plan that was presented on November 27, 2018 at Cross Keys HS in another public meeting that included facilitated, small-group discussion to gain additional public input.

The input from all public meetings as well as input from an online comment form and comments from community members and parents sent to staff were used in development of the recommended plan that is being presented today.

The Superintendent’s recommended redistricting plan includes the following:
1. Redistrict approximately 22 students from Ashford Park ES to John Lewis ES
2. Redistrict no students from Dresden ES to John Lewis ES (area change only)
3. Redistrict approximately 93 students from Montclair ES to John Lewis ES
4. Redistrict approximately 213 students from Fernbank ES to John Lewis ES
5. Redistrict approximately 134 students from Woodward ES to John Lewis ES
6. Redistrict approximately 62 students from Briar Vista ES to John Lewis ES
7. Redistrict approximately 23 students from Briar Vista ES to Fernbank ES
8. Redistrict no students from Briar Vista ES to Woodward ES (area change only)
9. Redistrict no students from Laurel Ridge ES to Briar Vista ES (area change only)
10. Redistrict approximately 172 students from Laurel Ridge ES to Fernbank ES
11. Redistrict approximately 37 students from McLendon ES to Fernbank ES
12. Redistrict approximately 8 students from Chamblee MS to Sequoyah MS
13. Redistrict approximately 14 students from Chamblee HS to Cross Keys HS

This recommendation will result in a net reduction of approximately 27 portable classrooms in the Cross Keys and Druid Hills clusters and a reduction in overcrowding for next school year.

Supporting Documents

  Superintendent Recommendation
  Distance Map
  Enrollment Report 2018
  Enrollment Graphs
  Current Elementary School Attendance Zones
  Current Middle School Attendance Zones
  Current High School Attendance Zones

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

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Chamblee Redistricting Options – Meeting 3
November 27, 2018 – The New John Lewis Brookhaven Elementary School will be opening Fall 2019 and will have over 500 additional seats of capacity. These are currently the two redistricting options being considered. Public meeting tonight to discuss.

Chamblee Redistricting Options – Meeting 2
October 24, 2018 – The New John Lewis Brookhaven Elementary School will be opening Fall 2019 and will have over 500 additional seats of capacity. These are currently the two redistricting options being considered. Public meeting tonight to discuss.

Redistricting For Schools in Chamblee & Brookhaven
September 6, 2018 – The New John Lewis Elementary facility will be opening Fall 2019 on Skyland Drive in Brookhaven. Three meeting redistricting process for schools in Chamblee and Brookhaven will start this October.

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