Student Assignment Project Update

       DCSD
Facility Scenarios
  for Feedback

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                                            The Students Are Why

The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is built for 110,000 students. Today
      we serve 92,000, and enrollment is projected to decline further.

    The Student Assignment Project (SAP) is our commitment to invest
 resources where they matter most, in classrooms with students, not in
     empty seats. This is about being educationally focused and cost
  avoidance, creating a district where every child has access to strong
      academic programs, well-resourced schools, and meaningful
      opportunities to learn and grow, regardless of where they live.

SAP’s work and community feedback will shape DCSD for the next generation.
This is our moment to analyze the data, listen to our communities, and design
            a district that is more efficient, inclusive, and stronger.
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                                                                             Five Reasons Why



    Declining Student Enrollment
                                                                          Consolidated Resources
     and Underutilized Schools




                                                                              More Efficient Transportation
 School Building Need                                                           Routes and Bus Savings
Significant Repairs and
    Improvements




                               Severely Over and Under Capacity Schools                                       3
                                                What have we been doing?
• We presented the initial scenarios to the SAP Committee on 2/11 at the
  AIC.
• Launched online feedback survey in 13 languages
   • We have collected over 3,000 online survey responses to date.
• We have started to host virtual and in person community meetings
   • Virtual meeting on 2/23 had around 140 participants
   • In person meeting at AIC had around 50 participants
• We will continue to host virtual and in-person sessions this week
   • 2/24 @ Cedar Grove
   • 2/25 @ MLK
   • 2/26 @ Cross Keys


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                                           What we are hearing?
• Requests for certainty on boundaries and programs.
• Comments around wanting to maintain small schools.
• Concerns that “high-performing” schools are in consideration to be closed
  or repurposed.
• How did it come to this point?
• Questions around rationale for each schools proposed for closure or
  repurpose.




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                                                     What is next?
• Survey closes for Round 1 of feedback on March 8.
• We will continue to review and consider feedback.
• We will develop Round 2 scenarios and present to the Board during the
  week of 3/16.
• Round 2 Community feedback session are scheduled for the week of 3/23.




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                     What will Round 2 Scenarios look like?
• Cluster-specific
• Different grade band configurations based on community feedback from
  round one.
• More clarity around alternative use for buildings proposed to close.
• Overlay of capital improvement plan.
   • Rebuilds, modernizations, and other capital improvement




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                                                      Board Feedback
• Is there anything that you have seen that is just too much at this point?
• Should anything be off the table as we move into Round 2.




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