The Secondary School Facility Planning & Feasibility Study is a study based on public input on how to address overcrowding in middle and high schools. We are currently in the 3rd round of stakeholder engagement.
Timeline: Aug 23 – Sep 16, 2016:
• Request for Cluster-level joint formal school council response
• Online Survey on three Options
Request for Cluster-level joint formal school council response
Dr. Stephen Green
Superintendent, DeKalb County School District
Online Survey – Current Responses
As of high noon on Tuesday Aug 30, there were almost 1,200 responses. You may take the survey up until midnight on September 16, 2016.
SUMMARY of Round 3 Proposed Options
| Option A – Add New Sequoyah Area Cluster • Re-cluster existing Cross Keys Cluster • New Sequoyah Area High School (at future site) + New Cross Keys Area Middle School at Briarcliff site • Additions at five existing secondary schools • Total New/Additions: 4,200 HS + 2,300 MS = 6,500 seats • No split feeders (maintains 1-to-1 MS-to-HS alignment) • Dependent on significant land acquisition for new high school |
| Option B – Split Feeders • Re-cluster existing Cross Keys Cluster • New Cross Keys High School at Briarcliff site • Additions at five existing secondary schools + conversion of HS to MS • Total New/Additions: 3,450 HS + 1,500 MS = 4,950 seats • Split feeders in Regions 1, 2, & 3 |
| Option C – New Sequoyah Area High School & Relocate Chamblee Magnets • Re-cluster existing Cross Keys Cluster • New Sequoyah Area High School + New Cross Keys Area Middle School at Briarcliff site • Relocate magnet programs to school(s) with available capacity • Additions at five existing secondary schools • Total New/Additions: 3,800 HS + 2,050 MS = 5,850 seats • No split feeders (maintains 1-to-1 MS-to-HS alignment) • Dependent on significant land acquisition for new high school |
IMPACT of Round 3 Proposed Options
| NEW/REPLACEMENT SCHOOLS | ADDITIONS TO EXISTING SCHOOLS |
|
|---|---|---|
| Option A New Doraville Cluster |
New 2,400-seat high school in Sequoyah area New 1,400-seat middle school for Cross Keys at Briarcliff site |
1. 600-seat Cross Keys HS 2. 500-seat Sequoyah MS 3. 400-seat Lakeside HS 4. 800-seat Clarkston HS 5. 400-seat Freedom MS |
| Option B Split Feeders |
New 2,500-seat Cross Keys HS at Briarcliff site (Convert current CKHS to 1,500-seat middle school) | 1. 600-seat Chamblee HS 2. 600-seat Dunwoody HS 3. 750-seat Lakeside HS 4. 300-seat Clarkston HS 5. 200-seat at former CKHS |
| Option C New Sequoyah HS |
New 2,000-seat high school in Sequoyah area 1,400-seat middle school for Cross Keys at Briarcliff site |
1. 600-seat Cross Keys HS 2. 250-seat Sequoyah MS 3. 400-seat Lakeside HS 4. 800-seat Clarkston HS 5. 400-seat Freedom MS |
Unredacted Survey Results To Date
Timeline
Aug 23 – Sep 16, 2016:
• Online Survey on three Options
• Request for Cluster-level joint formal school council response
Sep 27, 2016
• Present the Secondary School Study final recommendation at the Building SPACES Presentation
Oct 4 – 17, 2016
Five public hearings in October to discuss the E-SPLOST V project draft list.
The draft list, compiled through the Building S.P.A.C.E.S. Initiative, will be publicly presented Sept. 27.
Each public hearing will be at 7 p.m. at the following locations:
• Oct. 4, 2016 at Tucker High School (Region 2)
• Oct. 11, 2016 at Miller Grove High School (Region 4)
• Oct. 13, 2016 at Chamblee High School (Region 1)
• Oct. 17, 2016 at Columbia High School (Region 5)
• Oct. 18, 2016 at Stone Mountain High School (Region 3)
Oct 4 – 24, 2016
• Online Survey on draft E-SPLOST project list
Nov 7, 2016
• Board COW discussion on E-SPLOST project list
Dec 5, 2016
• Formal Board approval of E-SPLOST project list
Round 3 – DeKalb Secondary School Facility Planning and Feasibility Study
August 25, 2016 – Round 3 of a study based on public input on how to address overcrowding in middle and high schools. The scope of the study was later expanded to include renovation and capacity recommendations for middle and high school facilities in all regions.
Chamblee Magnet Moving? It’s Still On The Table
August 10, 2016 – Is the option to move the Chamblee Magnet Program still on the table? Superintendent Green refutes any communications saying it’s off the table.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”