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DRAFT
Grady Cluster CapacityCommunity Conversation
September 24, 2015
Agenda
• Welcome/Purpose Dr. Betsy Bockman – Principal, Inman Middle School
• Recap Last Meeting/Update Current Situation Larry Hoskins - Chief Operating Officer
• Solutions/Moving AheadDr. Meria J. Carstarphen - Superintendent
• Questions & Answers/Dialogue/Next Steps Facilitated by Byron D. Amos, Cynthia Briscoe Brown, Leslie
Grant and Matt Westmoreland - Members of the Atlanta Board of Education
• Closing Tim Guiney – Principal, Grady High School
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Meeting Purpose
• Summarize outcomes of our last community meeting
• Present solutions for moving forward• Align on strategy for moving forward to
address Grady Cluster capacity concerns
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Grady Cluster
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Summary of February and May Meetings
• Discussed enrollment issues at Inman and other factors- Non-viability of original solution of adding eight classrooms - Proposed Druid Hills annexation
• APS administrators presented space recommendations, including an Inman 14 classroom addition, an Inman 6th Grade campus and a Howard Junior High as solutions.
• Druid Hills annexation proposal did not pass the legislature.
• In April 2015, the Board set new attendance boundaries (beginning in 2017-2018 school year) for Centennial Place Academy for a middle school.
• APS administrators presented the creation of Howard Middle School, Inman 9th Grade Academy and new APS athletic practice fields on former Walden Middle School campus.
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Proposed Solutions
• Given community feedback and preferences, APS administrators re-examined options for solutions.
• Current proposed solutions to address space and enrollment in the Grady Cluster
8 Expand Grady campus and address recommendations from the Facility Condition Assessment
8 Create a Howard Middle School 8 Build new APS athletic practice fields on former Walden Middle
School campus8 Convert Inman campus into additional elementary capacity for
the cluster
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Grady Campus Expansion
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• Costs: $33 milliono Estimated $22 million (18
Classrooms and 3 laboratories addition, New Administrative Suite)
o Estimated $11 million (Facility Condition Assessment recommendations)
• Considerations: o Maintain High School
configuration (grades 9-12) o Removal of portableso Green space reductiono Dependent on approval of
the next SPLOST Referendum by the voters
• Capacity: 1,725 FTE @ 25/1
• Cost: Estimated $52 million (Renovation and 25 Classroom addition)
• Considerations: o Solves capacity issues at
middle school levelo Preserves historic buildingo Preserves grades 6-8 middle
school experienceo Dependent on approval of
the next SPLOST Referendum by the voters
• Capacity: 1,450 FTE @ 25/1
Howard Middle School(Former David T. Howard High School)
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New APS Athletic Practice Fields (Located on former Walden Middle School campus)
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• Cost: Estimated $8 million
• Considerations: o Priority for Grady Clustero Possibly include regulation
high school baseball field and a football practice field that could be used for soccer and lacrosse practices
o Not located on a campuso Dependent on approval of
the next SPLOST Referendum by the voters
Elementary School Capacity(Inman Campus)
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• Cluster will have additional elementary school capacity
• 875 FTE @ 25/1
Timelines
Projects Project Launch Range
(including design work)
Construction Completion
Range
Howard MS August 2017 – August 2018
July 2020 – July 2021
Grady HS August 2017- October 2018
June 2020 – July 2021
Morningside ES February 2020 – July 2020
July 2022 – December 2022
Inman ES Capacity February 2022 – July 2022
January 2023 –July2023
Timelines are subject to change
• Several factors will be considered when prioritizing SPLOST projects including: program management costs, debt service requirements, legacy projects, availability of a relocation site, critical HVAC needs, and capacity challenges.
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Dialogue
• Questions
• Ideas
• Next Steps
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Opportunities for Input
- Additional information will be made available (including FAQs) on the APS website of cluster member schools - under the Grady Construction Update tab.
- Feedback may be submitted via the following email address: gradyconstruction@atlanta.k12.ga.us
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