DeKalb Schools on Druid Hills annexation: 'Innocent students will suffer'

Speaking of annexation , the DeKalb County School District released a report tonight on the impact of losing the Druid Hills neighborhood to Atlanta.

Credit: Maureen Downey

Credit: Maureen Downey

The report is one long list of losses to DeKalb taxpayers and students. For example, the report says the transfer of Druid Hills High School to Atlanta Public Schools would result in "1,075 disenfranchised and displaced DeKalb students."

Of the students left behind if Druid Hills High became an APS facility, the report says 58 percent would be African-American.

Here is the summary provided by the district. Here is a link to the full report:

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