The New 4th & 5th Grade elementary school on Womack is suppose to open in nine months yet the community has more questions than answers. In light of DeKalb thinking about cutting the number of buses to be offered by increasing the walking distance for students from 1 mile to 1.5 miles and now discussing layoffs and a cut in teacher pay; the Dunwoody community is wondering how these items will affect the new school whereby 3/4's of the students will have to be bused? Is the school really going to serve 4th & 5th grade students from all over Dunwoody or is there now a chance that the school will be reverted back to a K through 5 elementary school which would force redistricting?
The Dunwoody Crier just announced on their website that the DeKalb County School System will be holding an informational meeting regarding the design and construction of the new 4/5 academy on Womack Road to be held Wednesday, November 5 at Dunwoody High School at 6 p.m. No other information was available regarding the agenda for the meeting, but DeKalb County Spokesperson Dale Davis said it would follow the format of the previous informational meetings on the new school.
I will not be able to be in attendance at the meeting, so I hope it goes well for all concerned. Below are a few of the blueprints to the new school that I obtained as an interested parent (with children scheduled to attend for the next four years) and I will let you know that as part of the City Council we are already exploring options for the two intersections in front of the school.
Womack_Composite1st_A111.pdf
Womack_Composite2nd_A112.pdf
Womack_LifeSafety1st_A121.pdf
Womack_LifeSafety2nd_A122.pdf
Womack_SiteGrading1_C06c.pdf
Womack_SiteGrading2_C06d.pdf
Womack_TreeProtection1_L101.pdf
Womack_TreeProtection2_L102.pdf
Womack_LandscapeDetails_L104.pdf
A history of now 18 articles exists on this blog regarding the "Dunwoody 4th & 5th Grade Academy" dating back to April when the DCSS last changed their mind regarding redistricting and those articles can be found here.
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Is the new school going to be LEED-certified? That really needs to be the new paradigm for new school construction.
http://www.schoolconstructionnews.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=0B09055B57AB4E1C9FFC957B61AA3787
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