In Final DeKalb School Redistricting, Forrest Hills and Midway Woods Put in Druid Hills “Cluster”
Decatur Metro | March 8, 2011As the AJC reports this morning, last night the DeKalb School Board took a final vote on closing eight county schools and redistricting those affected.
The vote was almost a year in the making. Board members made several attempts to pass new attendance boundaries but backed off because of criticism and political pressure.
More than 200 parents and community members showed up to protest the most recent round of changes, but the plan passed with a 7-2 margin.
…The plan approved Monday closes eight schools: Atherton, Glen Haven, Gresham Park, Peachcrest, Medlock and Sky Haven elementary schools, Avondale Middle School and Avondale High School.
Some residents in areas just outside the Decatur city limits aren’t protesting, but rejoicing, as many of the homes in the Forrest Hills and Midway Woods neighborhoods were rezoned into the well-regarded “Druid Hills Cluster” – which includes Avondale Elementary School, Shamrock Middle School and Druid Hills High School. This was “due to hundreds of emails, going to meetings”, according to one Forrest Hills resident. So satisfied with the change, they exclaimed “I would vote against being annexed [by Decatur] now.”.
Students who formally attended Medlock Elementary will now be split amongst Laurel Ridge, McLendon and Avondale Elementary schools. (See page 8 of this presentation for a map of the change.)