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Atlanta Public Schools officials Reveal Final School Closure List

By Lena Sullivan 04/10/2012 15:34:00

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It was disappointing news for APS students and parents fighting to keep their schools open. The final school closures list came out on Tuesday. Superintendent Errol Davis still wants to close eight elementary and two middle schools as part of a massive redistricting plan.

It was a somber start to the school day for D.H Stanton Elelmentary School parents and students. Residents learned they'd failed to convince school district leaders to keep the southeast Atlanta school open.

"My grandson goes here [D.H. Stanton]. He's learned a lot. He's an excellent student. And I think it's wrong for them to just take and close the school down," said grandparent Robert Usher.

The superintendent released a preliminary list of 10 schools slated for closure -- eight elementary and two middle schools -- on the Friday heading into spring break. Concerned residents were stunned to learn he added D. H. Stanton and Towns Elementary School in northwest Atlanta to the list.

They've held a series of rallies and met with district officials Monday night -- just hours before the release of final recommendations. Despite those efforts, D. H. Stanton and Towns Elementary Schools remain on the final closure list released on the Atlanta Public Schools website Tuesday morning.

The 10 schools on the chopping block are

Capitol View Elementary,

F.L. Stanton Elementary,

White Elementary,

Towns Elementary,

Cook Elementary,

East Lake Elementary,

Herndon Elementary,

D.H. Stanton Elementary.

Kennedy Middle School,

Parks Middle School

are slated to close at the end of the 2013-2014 school year. ( Click here to read the final version for the Atlanta School Board vote)

The school board is set to vote on the controversial plan on Tuesday night. Board members will meet at Maynard Jackson High School at 2 p.m. to debate the plan and give the public a final chance to have their say during the public comment period at 6 p.m. after which board members are scheduled to vote.

Concerned parent Ricky Waller says he hopes by the end of the night the school board takes D.H. Stanton off the list. He says the kids and the neighborhood need the school.

Atlanta Public Schools officials have released the final list of school closings that the superintendent will recommend to the school board on Tuesday, April 10.

Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis calls the 10 schools on the list "underutilized." He says he plans on creating a cluster situation where students will progress from an elementary school to a designated middle school, and then to a designated high school within a cluster.

In the final recommendation, those clusters have been identified as Carver High School Cluster, Douglass High School Cluster, Grady High School Cluster, Jackson High School Cluster, Mays High School Cluster, North Atlanta High School Cluster, SouthAtlanta High School Cluster, Therrell HigH School Cluster, and Washington High School Cluster.

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