An Atlanta attorney who lives in the Summerhill community sent a letter the Atlanta Public Schools' Board of Education asking it to review the district's decision to zone the neighborhood to D.H. Stanton Elementary because it violates the 14th Amendmen... »
The Atlanta Public Schools released a new set of maps late Friday that reflect new attendance zones, following the Board of Education's decision Tuesday to vote to close seven schools instead of 10 as recommended by the district's superintendent. While... »
Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr.'s revised set of final recommendations still call for the closures of Cook and D.H. Stanton elementary schools. But the revised plan, released early Tuesday — just hours before the district's Bo... »
Editor's note: The Peoplestown community has spent the past five days mobilizing to keep its elementary school, D.H. Stanton, open since the March 31 release of the Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr.'s final list of recommendatio... »
Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll B. Davis' latest plan calls for the shuttering of 10 schools. The remaining schools will be divided into 10 clusters. Here's how it affects the neighborhoods and schools of East Atlanta Patch (bolded denotes... »
by Patch Staff The neighborhoods of East Atlanta Patch overwhelmingly approved the water and sewer tax on Tuesday, precinct totals showed. In the Atlanta-in-DeKalb neighborhoods, which include East Lake, East Atlanta and Kirkwood, the voters approved S... »
Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll B. Davis released his recommendations for the rezoning of schools late Sunday, which puts Cook and East Lake elementary schools on the closure list. Davis' plans also calls for the closure of Coan Middle Sch... »
From four to two and now, one. The consulting firm advising the Atlanta Public Schools on the massive rezoning of schools released a singular option that calls for East Lake Elementary's closure, the merger of Hope-Hill and Cook elementary schools and ... »
by Theresa Roth The Southeast Atlanta Communities for Schools has been advocating for a strong, neighborhood-based cluster of schools that would all ultimately feed into Maynard Jackson High School located in the heart of NPU-W on Glenwood Avenue. The ... »
With the two options laid out by the demographers contracted by the Atlanta Public Schools with the redistricting there are a lot of numbers, projections and assumptions. Many residents want to know the basics: What elementary, middle and high school c... »
After weeks of discussion and contentious debate, Atlanta Public Schools released its two options for school closures and realignment. The proposals, developed by an outside demographics consulting firm, bring about one of the biggest changes to affect... »
Boulevard. Derived from French, the word describes a wide, grand city street — one that's usually tree-lined and well manicured. By that definition, Atlanta's Boulevard, which links a string of neighborhoods from Benteen to Old Fourth Ward to the borde... »
by Southeast Atlanta Communities for Schools We believe we are on the cusp of something wonderful: an Atlanta Public Schools redistricting that has the ability to create Atlanta’s greatest K-12 learning cluster. When we reviewed the demographers’ maps,... »
Joe and Sally Alcock are the type of involved parents many schools would love to have. The Alcocks, who live in Kirkwood, have been involved in their neighborhood school, Toomer Elementary, even before they had kids. The school doesn't enjoy the academ... »
MONDAY: A salute to American Heroes: The Atlanta City Council mark the 70th anniversary of the formation of the Tuskegee Airmen — the nation's first all-black pursuit squadron — at 12 p.m. with a proclamation and reception at City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave.... »
