Facilities Feasibility Study

THE SECONDARY SCHOOL FACILITY PLANNING & FEASIBILITY STUDY is a study commissioned by District initially to make recommendations based on public input on how to address Cross Keys overcrowding as well as overcrowding in other middle and high schools in Regions 1, 2 and Clarkston cluster. Scope of study later expanded to include renovation and capacity recommendations for middle and high school facilities in all regions.
Recommendations from study will be incorporated into the Building S.P.A.C.E.S. Master Planning Initiative for the development of the 2017-2022 E-SPLOST project list. Various redistricting efforts will be required over the next few years in order to implement final recommendations. This is not a redistricting plan.

DeKalb – SPLOST V
Facility Condition Improvements
September 30, 2016 – What facilities will be renovated with SPLOST V funds collected over the next 5 years? FCA Assessments, FEAA Assessments, and presumably the new clusters.

FINAL RECOMMENDATION
Secondary Schools Study
September 28, 2016 – To address over crowding in North DeKalb, the administration recommends adding a lot of seats to Lakeside HS, Dunwoody HS and Chamblee HS and building a new Brookhaven HS. Doraville will not get their own cluster this time.
 

Cross Keys HS & Sequoyah MS
Secondary Schools Study Position
September 23, 2016 – Here’s a News Flash – Doraville doesn’t want their own cluster. Doraville and the Cross Keys Cluster community want to go to Dunwoody MS/HS, Chamblee MS/HS and what is shaping up to be Brookhaven HS (either rebrand CKHS or build a new one).

Lakeside High School
Secondary Schools Study Position
September 22, 2016 – Lakeside HS is asking for an additional 750 seats at their school or in a secondary building off campus. Lakeside HS is committed to being creative in coming up with ideas to figure how to make this feasible.

Montgomery Elementary
Secondary Schools Study Position
September 21, 2016 – Over the past several weeks, leaders of the MES Advisory Council, PTA, and Foundation met to discuss and provide this unified response to the DeKalb County School District’s Secondary School Facility Planning & Feasibility Study.

Cross Keys Foundation
Secondary Schools Study Position
September 21, 2016 – Kim Gokce is the President of the Cross Keys Foundation. He put together this position letter of the Cross Keys Foundation

Survey Results
Secondary Facility Feasibility Study
September 18, 2016 – Results are in, the majority of entries selected the Split Feeder Option (Option B). There are also a few noteworthy points.

Dunwoody HS & Peachtree MS
Secondary Schools Study Position
September 16, 2016 – Dunwoody High School and Peachtree Charter Middle School, with the input of the Dunwoody cluster elementary school councils, have released their position on the Secondary Schools Facilities Feasibility Study.

Evolution of Facility Planning &
Feasibility Study Options
September 14, 2016 – The options coming from the secondary facility planning and feasibility study have evolved from round to round. I asked the school district to help us understand how the options have evolved into what we are looking at now in round 3.

Key Takeaways – Facilities Study – Round 3 Meetings
September 12, 2016 – Following the Round 3 public presentation, the audience broke down into small groups and moved into classrooms where they discussed with facilitators the pros & cons of the 3 options.

FAQ – Facility Planning & Feasibility Study
September 11, 2016 – Are there maps available that show which students would be redistricted under each option? Was the impact on common areas or traffic considered? How would the school district pay for these options if either is approved?
 

Facilities Planning Online Survey – Current Results
August 31, 2016 – As of high noon on Tuesday Aug 30, there were almost 1,200 responses to the facilities planning online survey. Here is what people are saying thus far.

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.

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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