Cross Keys projects among DeKalb schools’ ESPLOST plans

DeKalb County School District officials laid out a timeline for the ESPLOST approval process, including approval of the resolution voters will consider this year.

Among the projects discussed in the plan were schools needed to alleviate crowding in the Cross Keys Cluster of schools, where seven schools are more than 1,800 students above capacity and more than 100 portable classrooms are used to pick up the overflow.

The district is seeking about $500 million for various security, renovation and technology improvements, among other things. The matter will go before the public during May’s primary election on May 24.

The board is expected to approve the ESPLOST plan at its meeting Monday. Public hearings will take place in July and September, and the board plans to approve a detailed list of projects in December.

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