School zone boundaries meeting set for Jan. 17

City Schools Decatur is hosting a community meeting on the re-zoning of elementary school boundaries, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 17 in the Decatur High School Cafeteria at 310 North McDonough St.

B eginning in the 2019-20 school year, the city’s five lower elementary schools at Clairemont, Glennwood, Oakhurst, Winnona Park and Westchester will lop off a grade and go K-2. The 3-5 upper elementary schools will be at Fifth Avenue (currently a 4/5 school) and the new building at Talley Street and South Columbia Drive.

The locations of both 3-5 schools are south of the railroad tracks. One of the primary challenges in rezoning is determining if all students in a specific lower elementary are assigned to the same 3-5 school, or if some lower elementary student bodies get broken up.

This is CSD’s first grade reconfiguration since 2004-05 when the current K-3/4-5 model was adopted.

CSD emphasizes that no decisions have been made. There are currently five re-zoning options on the table.

Superintendent David Dude said he hopes the school board will approve the final boundaries during either its March or April meeting.

To see these options, or to post questions or opinions or to take a survey, along with more information on this process, go to www.dejongrichter.com/csdecatur/. BILL BANKS FOR THE AJC