Public hearings planned for final version of APS plan to close or repurpose 16 schools

Key Points The Atlanta Board of Training will hold general hearings on Nov and Dec over a proposal to close or repurpose schools The APS Forward plan would address budget shortfall and a decline in scholar enrollment The Atlanta Board of Training will hold two inhabitants hearings as it prepares to vote on a sweeping plan that would close or repurpose schools and require the redistricting of students The hearings are set for Wednesday Nov and Wednesday Dec both starting at p m at the APS offices at Trinity Ave in Downtown Atlanta The APS Forward plan addresses a million budget shortfall this year and an expected million next year If the school board adopts the plan it would save an estimated to million and reduce limit by which aligns with the ongoing drop in enrollment Schools slated for closure in the plan include Cleveland Elementary Continental Colony Elementary Douglass High School th Grade building Dunbar Elementary School F L Stanton Elementary Finch Elementary Perkerson Elementary Jackson Primary Elementary and Peyton Forest Elementary Students would be redistricted to other nearby facilities or merge with existing schools within their district For example Finch and Perkerson Elementary Schools would close and merge into the existing Sylvan Middle School while Dunbar Elementary School students would move to the Barack and Michelle Obama Academy Benteen Elementary and Parkside Elementary Schools listed for repurposing include the Toomer Annex Building with pre-K students moved to other nearby schools and Carver Early College would convert to a - th grade district-wide school of the arts and early college The closures and redistricting would begin after the - school year according to the documents The full recommendations are at atlantapublicschools us aps or can be read below APS Recommendations Oct v Download The post Community hearings planned for final version of APS plan to close or repurpose schools appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta