The Atlanta Police Foundation plans to turn a long-closed school in northwest Atlanta into a youth resource center.
The City Council recently passed an ordinance declaring as surplus city property the former English Avenue Primary School at 740 Cameron M. Alexander Blvd. NW (formerly 740 Kennedy St. NW). The Council authorized the mayor’s office to transfer the building to the Atlanta Board of Education.
English Primary, a 16,600-square-foot school on about 1.4 acres, was closed in 1976 and leased to several early learning providers from 1998 to 2008. On May 2, the Atlanta Public Schools board approved a lease-purchase agreement of the building with the Police Foundation.
The purchase price of the property, its appraised value of $215,000, will be held in escrow, according to the APS board agenda for May 2. The Police Foundation will lease the property for $1 a year until title is cleared.
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