Stan Jester
Board Of Education
During the summer of 2016, Dr. Green created a District Graduation Task Force to begin looking at venues, available dates and costs for specific locations to house district ceremonies. Based on a cost and accessibility comparison, the committee determined that the best option would be the Georgia World Congress Center. At price tag of $300K, I’m not sure about that cost analysis.
All high school graduations will be held during the week of May 21-26, 2018 at the Georgia World Congress Center. This is the second year to have graduation ceremonies at the GWCC. Last year the ceremonies were on time, air conditioned, streamed online with great production value.
What are your thoughts that I can share with the school administration and board members?
Georgia Wescott
Chamblee Charter High School graduating Class of 2017
Expressed her thoughts last year.
How are you going to move our graduation against our will and then make us, the students who are graduating, pay to attend it? On top of that, how are you going to hold it at a time where no teachers or other students can attend because it’s on the last day of school immediately after school gets out all the way in downtown Atlanta? At this point I’m not even looking forward to my own graduation because the fact that it costs money has taken away money from some of our senior activities that we’ve been looking forward to. –Georgia Wescott
Dr. Stephen Green
Superintendent, DeKalb County School District
DeKalb County School District Graduation Schedule
Georgia World Congress Center
Graduating Class of 2018 (Congratulations!!)
| Date | School | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, May 21, 2018 | Lithonia High School | 10:00 AM |
| Elizabeth Andrews High School | 1:00 PM | |
| Dunwoody High School | 4:00 PM | |
| Chamblee Charter High School | 7:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2018 | Lakeside High School | 10:00 AM |
| Southwest DeKalb High School | 1:00 PM | |
| Miller Grove High School | 4:00 PM | |
| Druid Hills High School | 7:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, May 23, 2018 | Destiny Achievers High School | 10:00 AM |
| Arabia Mountain High School | 1:00 PM | |
| Stone Mountain High School | 4:00 PM | |
| Towers High School | 7:00 PM | |
| Thursday, May 24, 2018 | Martin L. King, Jr. High School | 10:00 AM |
| Tucker High School | 1:00 PM | |
| DeKalb School of the Arts | 4:00 PM | |
| Cedar Grove High School | 7:00 PM | |
| Friday, May 25, 2018 | McNair High School | 10:00 AM |
| Columbia High School | 1:00 PM | |
| Redan High School | 4:00 PM | |
| Clarkston High School | 7:00 PM | |
| Saturday, May 26, 2018 | Stephenson High School | 10:00 AM |
| DeKalb Early College Academy | 1:00 PM | |
| Cross Keys High School | 4:00 PM |
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