Student Assignment Project: scenarios
What DeKalb County School District proposed for each school under Round 2 of the Student Assignment Project (March 2026), reproduced from the district's own master scenarios document. Round 1 (February 2026) is included for comparison.
School names appear with their high-school feeder cluster in parentheses, e.g. "Vanderlyn ES (Dunwoody)" means Vanderlyn Elementary in the Dunwoody High feeder pattern.
This is a paused proposal, not the current status. DCSD pulled back from Round 2 in May 2026 after community pushback and restarted SAP in September 2026 with cluster-based listening sessions instead of a pre-drafted closure list. The scenarios below were never withdrawn or voted on, but no school is on an active closure list right now. See the DCSD SAP page for the current listening session schedule.
What DCSD proposed (Round 2, paused)
Grouped by what each action does to the school. Most consequential first.
Proposed for closure or repurpose
22 schools
DCSD has named these schools as candidates for closure, with the building either repurposed for another district use or sold.
Proposed to become available
4 schools
The school's program ends here, so students go elsewhere. The building stays in district hands, freed up for other use. ("Become available" is DCSD's term.)
- Columbia MS (Columbia): Students would consolidate into Towers HS converted into a middle school making this facility available.
- Freedom MS (Clarkston): This facility is proposed to be replaced with a new middle school on the Clarkston HS site and would become available for another school or program(s).
- Redan MS (Redan): Students would consolidate into Redan HS converted into a middle school making this facility available.
- Salem MS (M. L. King, Jr.): Students would consolidate into MLK HS converted into a middle school making this facility available.
Proposed conversion to a different school type
18 schools
The grade levels or program served on this campus change. The campus stays open.
to elementary school
to 6-12 school
- MLK HS (M. L. King, Jr.): Because enrollment is projected to remain low and Lithonia HS would stay open, MLK HS is proposed to convert to a 6-12 to increase utilization. This would make Salem MS available for another school or program.
- McNair HS (McNair): McNair HS has the capacity to consolidate McNair MS. The building can be segmented in a way to reduce contact between middle and high school populations.
- Miller Grove HS (Miller Grove): Because enrollment is projected to remain low and Lithonia HS would stay open, Miller Grove HS is proposed to convert to a 6-12 to increase utilization.
- Redan HS (Redan): Because enrollment is projected to remain low and Lithonia HS would stay open, Redan HS is proposed to convert to a 6-12 to increase utilization. This makes Redan MS available for another school or program
to PK-8
- John Lewis ES (Chamblee): John Lewis ES is proposed to convert to a K-8 to create middle school capacity for Cross Keys HS.
- Montclair ES (Cross Keys / Chamblee) also includes capacity expansion: Montclair ES is proposed to convert to a K-8 to create middle school capacity for Cross Keys HS.
- Woodward ES (Cross Keys / Chamblee) also includes capacity expansion: Wooward ES is proposed to convert to a K-8 to create middle school capacity for Cross Keys HS.
to middle school
- Cedar Grove ES (Cedar Grove): Cedar Grove ES is on the same site with Cedar Grove HS. Converting the elementary to a middle school effectively creates a 6-12 campus with separation
- Towers HS (Towers)
to High School Annex
- Vanderlyn ES (Dunwoody): The facility can be used as is to support Dunwoody HS, ideas include 9th grade academy, Career Tech / Vocational spaces.
to early learning center
- Bob Mathis ES (Southwest DeKalb): This preserves the diagnostic center and also provides additional PK space to serve students in the area.
- McNair DLA (McNair): This would provide a better facility for the ELC and also give it room to expand to serve more students in the area.
to other student center
- Ashford Park ES (Chamblee): There is need for capacity in the area, but purchasing additional property may be cost prohibitive.
Proposed capacity expansion
12 schools
The program stays the same, but the building grows to serve more students.
Proposed to move to a more adequate facility
6 schools
The program continues, but moves to a different building, typically newer or larger. ("More adequate facility" is DCSD's term.)
- DAA (Druid Hills): DAA is in need of a more adequate facility
- DECA (Stone Mountain): DECA is in need of a more adequate facility right sized for the program
- DSA (Druid Hills): DSA is in need of a more adequate facility right sized for the program
- Elizabeth Andrews (Stone Mountain): Elizabeth Andrews is in need of a more adequate facility right sized for the program
- Kittredge Magnet (Lakeside): Kittredge Magnet is in need of a more adequate facility. In this iteration, there are several middle school facilities that are available (Freedom MS, Redan MS, Salem MS, and Columbia MS)
- Wadsworth Magnet (Towers): The Wadsworth facility is currently adequate for the program, but if a better facility becomes available Wadsworth may be a candidate to move. There are also likely high level programmatic discussions that will occur in future iterations.
No change in school use
67 schools
Round 2 leaves these schools as they are.
How Round 2 differs from Round 1
Schools whose action changed between February's Round 1 and March's Round 2.
Show the changes
44 schools
Reversals: removed from the closure list
- Rock Chapel ES (Stephenson): Round 1 said "Close or Repurpose", Round 2 says "No change in school use"
- Stoneview ES (Lithonia): Round 1 said "Repurpose", Round 2 says "No change in school use"
New additions to the closure list
Reclassifications
- Vanderlyn ES (Dunwoody): "Close or Repurpose" -> "Proposed to convert to High School Annex"
- Ashford Park ES (Chamblee): "Close or Repurpose" -> "Proposed to convert to other student center (examples: ELC, Special Ed.)"
- Nancy Creek ES (Chamblee): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "No change in school use (Swing Space)"
- John Lewis ES (Chamblee): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to convert to PK-8"
- Montclair ES (Cross Keys / Chamblee): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed capacity expansion and Proposed conversion to PK-8"
- Woodward ES (Cross Keys / Chamblee): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed capacity expansion and Proposed conversion to PK-8"
- Coralwood (Lakeside): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "No change in school use"
- Kittredge Magnet (Lakeside): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "Proposed to move to a more adequate facility"
- Margaret Harris (Lakeside): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "No change in school use"
- Warren Tech (Lakeside): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "No change in school use"
- Fernbank Science Center (Druid Hills): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "No change in school use"
- DSA (Druid Hills): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "Proposed to move to a more adequate facility"
- DAA (Druid Hills): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "Proposed to move to a more adequate facility"
- Freedom MS (Clarkston): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to become available"
- Clarkston HS (Clarkston): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed capacity expansion project"
- Redan MS (Redan): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to become available"
- Redan HS (Redan): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to convert to a 6-12 school"
- Champion Theme MS (Stone Mountain): "Convert to ES" -> "Proposed to convert to elementary school"
- DECA (Stone Mountain): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to move to a more adequate facility"
- Elizabeth Andrews (Stone Mountain): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to move to a more adequate facility"
- Lithonia MS (Lithonia): "Convert to ES" -> "No change in school use"
- Lithonia HS (Lithonia): "Convert to MS" -> "No change in school use"
- Salem MS (M. L. King, Jr.): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to become available"
- MLK HS (M. L. King, Jr.): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to convert to a 6-12 school"
- Miller Grove MS (Miller Grove): "Convert to ES" -> "Proposed to convert to an elementary school"
- Miller Grove HS (Miller Grove): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to convert to a 6-12 school"
- Bethune MS (Towers): "Convert to ES" -> "Proposed to convert to an elementary school"
- Cedar Grove ES (Cedar Grove): "Close or Repurpose" -> "Proposed to convert to a middle school"
- Cedar Grove MS (Cedar Grove): "Close or Repurpose" -> "Proposed to convert to an elementary school"
- Cedar Grove HS (Cedar Grove): "Convert to MS" -> "No change in school use"
- DHST-S (Cedar Grove): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "No change in school use"
- McNair DLA (McNair): "Close or Repurpose" -> "Proposed to convert to an ELC"
- McNair MS (McNair): "Convert to ES" -> "Proposed to convert to an elementary school"
- McNair HS (McNair): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to convert to a 6-12 school"
- Columbia MS (Columbia): "No change in school use" -> "Proposed to become available"
- Towers HS (Towers): "Convert to MS" -> "Proposed to convert to a middle school"
- Wadsworth Magnet (Towers): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "Proposed to move to a more adequate facility"
- International Student Center (Towers): "Not addressed in Scenario 1" -> "No change in school use"
- Bob Mathis ES (Southwest DeKalb): "Close or Repurpose" -> "Proposed to convert to an ELC"
All schools: Round 1 vs Round 2 action
Side-by-side actions for every school in the district's master scenarios document. Click a school name to open its detail panel; click a column header to sort.
129 schools
| School |
Cluster |
Level |
Round 1 action |
Round 2 action |
Change |
Schools where the district added or changed rationale between rounds
Same Round 1 and Round 2 action, but the district added rationale text in the interim: capacity expansions, refinements, and acknowledgements of community feedback.
8 schools