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Monday, September 19, 2005
Booting a Private School to Make Way for a Public School
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
UPDATE: The Fulton school board has backed down, according to this story. Board Chairwoman Gail Dean said she didn’t know the Weber School was not a willing seller.
I come back from vacation and — Yowza! — the Fulton school system may take the Weber School’s site in Sandy Springs by eminent domain. Here’s the storyThe Weber School is a private Jewish high school, formerly known affectionately as New Jew. Parents have been raising money for years for a permanent building. Students are currently in a bunch of trailers in Dunwoody.
Fulton school officials say they need the property for a new elementary school. But parents at the private school don’t want to sell. Weber is set to start building on the site in a couple of weeks.
Should the Fulton school system take the property its leaders say the district dearly needs? Elementary schools in Sandy Springs are bursting with kids. Should it matter that the land the district would take belongs to another school?
Cross Blogination Alert: This issue is also up for discussion at one of our two (!) Sandy Springs blogs.
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