Atlanta Superintendent Erroll Davis has released his final recommendation on a widespread school redistricting that will close 10 Atlanta schools and move boundaries at dozens of others. The plan will go before the school board at 2 p.m. today.
The recommendation is dated April 10 and is posted on the district's website www.atlanta.k12.ga.us. It proposes the closure of 10 schools and the introduction of a "cluster" system, which would create feeder patterns for elementary, middle and high schools.
The revised plan would reduce the number of elementary and middle schools with less than 450 students from 38 to 17. Currently, the district serves 47,000 students, but pays to heat, cool and staff 60,000 seats.
This list of schools recommended for closure is unchanged. Those schools are Parks Middle, Capitol View Elementary, F.L. Stanton Elementary, White Elementary, Towns Elementary, Cook Elementary, East Lake Elementary, D.H. Stanton Elementary, Kennedy Middle, Herndon Elementary.
The board will hear about the plan at a 2 p.m. work session today. They could vote on the plan at tonight's monthly meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. Both take place at Jackson High School, 801 Glenwood Avenue Southeast Atlanta.
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