Dunwoody High might get a slightly larger addition in the future, DHS baseball field should be repaired over the summer, there are 157 open maintaince problems open in Dunwoody schools with some issues open for an extended time as reported by DCSS, cell phones will remain to be allowed in the classroom, arts and specialty classes need larger spaces but not available now - worse with more students, students need to keep the school clean but mopping up sewer spills are not taught in Home Ec, graduation ceremony will not be local to Dunwoody in 2019, trailers are just temporary but the definition of temporary is up for discussion, recess - we would give you more but we would need to extend the school day, Dunwoody High School is safe even if overcrowded, Dunwoody City Council is offering up old Austin Elemenetary to be used by school system but DCSS hasn't mentioned how it might be used to alleviate student space issues, overcrowding will be reduced by new larger Austin but even after redistricting of elementary seats there will still be 500 Dunwoody students looking for a proper class room.
Article from Dunwoody Reporter - DeKalb Schools administrators face tough questions on facilities, overcrowding
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I attended yesterday's meeting. I found it very interesting that few of the questions were about the education that our children are receiving while most of the questions were about the buildings that are children are educated in. I'm not sure if that is a good sign or not.
ReplyDeleteWhen addressing the question about graduation ceremonies, Dr. Green stressed how important it is that all children are treated the same, yet I couldn't help but wonder if all children throughout the district face the same overcrowding and schools with maintenance issues that I heard about last night.
Dr. Green mentioned that selected Questions and Answers from these meetings are posted on the district's website. I found them here - https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/on-the-scene/. What I found interesting is that in those Q & As there was a lock of questions about overcrowding and facilities. Is that because those districts don't have those issues or because the Superintendent didn't feel that it was important to post them?