School redistricting may impact Medlock

A series of meetings have taken place as the DeKalb County School System (DCSS) considers redistricting options for some elementary schools in the Druid Hills cluster. Decaturish summarizes the landscape leading to that decision here.

Medlock's attendance pattern to elementary school will likely change as a result.

MANA has sent the below letter to DCSS, outlining support for an option that "maximizes elementary school seats in the cluster and keeps the Medlock area together."

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1The Medlock Area Neighborhood Association includes residents within a boundary approximately defined as the following: North: North Druid Hills Road at Willivee Drive and North Druid Hills Road at North Hills Drive; South: North Decatur Road; East: Willivee Drive (both sides) between North Decatur Road & North Druid Hills Road; West: North Hills Drive, Pine Bluff Drive, Harrington Drive & Scott Blvd, Lawrenceville Highway, excluding Tuxworth Springs Condominium .

DCSS's website notes that there is a one remaining public information meeting on November 28, and feedback can also be delivered via survey.

Meeting 3: The third meeting presents one “Staff Recommended ” op on and gives the public one more opportunity to provide feedback. The proposed dates for the third meeting of each process are:

• John Lewis Redistricting: Tuesday, November 27 , 2018 @ Cross Keys HS, 7 PM
• Druid Hills Redistricting: Wednesday, November 28 , 2018 @ Druid Hills MS, 7 PM
• Online Survey: November 27 – December 6, 2018 (midnight)

Board Approval: After the third public meeting , Planning department staff will incorporate all public feedback into a “Superintendent‐Recommended Redistricting Plan ”.

• First Read: January 7th, 2019 Board meeting
• Board Approval: February 4th, 2019 Board meeting.

DeKalb schools: AdvancEd/SACS accreditation reinstated

Congratulations to the DeKalb County School System for regaining full accreditation! For additional information and a link to their press release, go to http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/advanced-sacs-accreditation-review

SAT scores improve in DeKalb County

The AJC reports that DeKalb saw big gains in SAT scores:

"The 2014-15 mean total score was about 1332, more than 100 points higher than the 2013-14 score of 1228, the analysis found."

Across the state, mean scores improved by 5 points.

The schools with highest mean scores in the DeKalb County School District were DeKalb School of the Arts (1722), Chamblee Charter High School (1663) and Lakeside High (1580). Druid Hills High School posted a mean score of 1400 (vs. 1324 in 2014).

Nation-wide, the combined mean score was 1490. For scores on all state high schools, see the AJC SAT database at http://www.myajc.com/local-education/2015-georgia-sat-scores/