Agenda Item
i. Request to Georgia Department of Education for Site Approval for the addition and/or modernization to the existing facility at Cross Keys High School (Updated 11.09.2023)
Summary: Presented by: Mr. Erick Hofstetter, Chief Operating Officer, Division of Operations
Request: It is requested that the Board of Education approve the application to the Georgia Department of Education for site approval of addition and/or modernization of Cross Keys High School.
Why: A formal request for site approval is required by the Georgia Department of Education for additions and/or modernizations to existing educational facilities
Details: The Georgia Department of Education requires that all school facilities requesting additions and/or modernization undergo a formal process of review of the geographic, environmental, and development conditions of the site on which the additions and/or modernizations will take place. Once this review process has been completed, a formal request for site approval by the local school system is necessary for the Georgia Department of Education to consider the site application for approval.
Financial impact: There is no financial impact for submitting a site application to the Georgia Department of Education.
Contact: Mr. Erick Hofstetter, Chief Operating Officer, Division of Operations, 678.676.0168
Mr. Hans Williams, Director. Planning & E-SPLOST Programming, Division of Operations, 678.676.1588
Status: Approved by General Counsel
CHRONOLOGY OF THE AGENDA ITEM
On April 18, 2022, the Cross Keys High School received approval from the Georgia
Department of Education (GaDOE) to allow them to construct additions on their
campus at 1626 North Druid Hills Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Per GaDOE guidelines, a site application for addition and/or modernization to an
existing educational facility must be approved by the Local Education Agency. For
Cross Keys High School, this would be the DeKalb County Board of Education and
the DeKalb County School District. The Board must approve the Cross Keys High
School site application for it to be allowed to build their planned addition.