DeKalb County Schools will update its plans to close or consolidate more than two dozen schools.
In February, school district leaders published a list of 27 schools that may close along with a list of eight schools to repurpose. The district will release the next phase of its proposal on Friday at 8 a.m.
The first scenario looked at closing 19 elementary schools and up to three high schools to convert them to middle schools. It also focused on converting multiple middle schools to larger elementary schools.
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The next phase getting released on Friday will have more on individual high school clusters and how some schools may have to shift grades.
Administrators say hard choices have to be made to address declining enrollment. They say that over the last decade, they have 20,000 fewer students.
The district hired a consultant to take input at community meetings and go through thousands of online surveys.
The plan released Friday is the second of three rounds. The last round will be released in April, but a final decision won’t be made until the fall.
LIST OF POSSIBLE CLOSURES (released in February)
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
- Ashford Park Elementary School
- Bob Mathis Elementary School
- Brocklett Elementary School
- Browns Mill Elementary School
- Canby Lane Elementary School
- Cedar Grove Elementary School
- Columbia Elementary School
- Evansdale Elementary School
- Flat Shoals Elementary School
- Henderson Mill Elementary School
- Kelly Lake Elementary School
- Kingsley Elementary School
- McLendon Elementary School
- McNair Elementary School
- Midvale Elementary School
- Oak Grove Elementary School
- Redan Elementary School
- Robert Shaw Theme Elementary School
- Rock Chapel Elementary School
- Rowland Elementary School
- Stone Mill Elementary School
- Stone Mountain Elementary School
- Stoneview Elementary School
- Toney Elementary School
- Vanderlyn Elementary School
- Woodridge Elementary School
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
- Bethune Middle School (converting to elementary school)
- Cedar Grove Middle School
- Champion Theme Middle School (converting to elementary school)
- Lithonia Middle School (converting to elementary school)
- McNair Middle School (converting to elementary school)
- Miller Grove Middle School (converting to elementary school)
HIGH SCHOOLS
- Cedar Grove High School (converting to middle school)
- Lithonia High School (converting to middle school)
- Towers High School (converting to middle school)
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