Grady Cluster Capacity
Community Conversation
September 24, 2015
DRAFT
Agenda
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Welcome/Purpose
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Recap Last Meeting/Update Current Situation
Larry Hoskins - Chief Operating Officer
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Solutions/Moving Ahead
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Questions & Answers/Dialogue/Next Steps
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Closing
Dr. Betsy Bockman – Principal, Inman Middle School
Dr. Meria J. Carstarphen - Superintendent
Facilitated by Byron D. Amos, Cynthia Briscoe Brown,
Leslie Grant and Matt Westmoreland - Members of the Atlanta
Board of Education
Tim Guiney – Principal, Grady High School
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Meeting Purpose
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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
Expand Grady campus and address recommendations from the
Facility Condition Assessment
Create a Howard Middle School
Build new APS athletic practice fields on former Walden Middle
School campus
Convert Inman campus into additional elementary capacity for
the cluster
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Grady Campus Expansion
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Costs: $33 million
o Estimated $22 million
(18 Classrooms and 3
laboratories addition,
New Administrative Suite)
o Estimated $11 million
(Facility Condition Assessment
recommendations)
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Considerations:
o Maintain High School
configuration (grades 9-12)
o Removal of portables
o Green space reduction
o Dependent on approval of
the next SPLOST
Referendum by the voters
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Capacity: 1,725 FTE @ 25/1
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Howard Middle School
(Former David T. Howard High School)
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Cost: Estimated $52 million
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Considerations:
(Renovation and 25 Classroom
addition)
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Solves capacity issues at
middle school level
Preserves historic building
Preserves grades 6-8 middle
school experience
Dependent on approval of
the next SPLOST Referendum
by the voters
Capacity: 1,450 FTE @ 25/1
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New APS Athletic Practice Fields
(Located on former Walden Middle School campus)
• Cost: Estimated $8 million
• Considerations:
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Priority for Grady Cluster
Possibly include regulation
high school baseball field
and a football practice field
that could be used for
soccer and lacrosse
practices
Not located on a campus
Dependent on approval of
the next SPLOST
Referendum by the voters
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Elementary School Capacity
(Inman Campus)
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Cluster will have additional
elementary school capacity
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875 FTE @ 25/1
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Timelines
Timelines are subject to change
Projects
Project Launch
Range
(including
design work)
Construction
Completion
Range
Howard MS
August 2017 –
August 2018
July 2020 –
July 2021
Grady HS
August 2017October 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
• 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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