APS Redistricting: Inman Park's Official Response To Davis' Proposals

Inman Park Neighborhood Association Position Statement:

Re: APS Rezoning Proposals

Inman Park supports the Superintendent’s recommendation for the following reasons:

• It keeps Inman Park in Mary Lin, Inman and Grady, and preserves our historic feeder pattern.
• It affords Mary Lin its expansion
• It creates a cluster focus
• Provides additional middle school seats for the Grady cluster

We strongly recommend a location for the proposed 6th grade seats within the Grady cluster geographic area and are happy to work together as a community to find a mutually agreeable alternative :

• Utilize temporary modular classroom space on the Inman Middle School property to facilitate the development of a permanent location.
• Permanent location possibilities might include:
  • Expansion of the current Inman Middle School facility, or annex on an adjacent or nearby parcel
  • Alternative site within the cluster for a new 6th grade facility, such as:
    • rehabilitation of  the David T Howard school
    • construction of a new facility on a yet to be determined site

Inman Park strongly supports the following:

1. Cluster Focus: Work together across neighborhoods and schools for a stronger, coherent  Grady cluster consisting of the following feeder elementary schools: Morningside (in its current form), Springdale Park, Mary Lin, Hope-Hill and Centennial Place.
2. Support the requirements of special needs and gifted students in any implementation plan.
3. Eliminate administrative transfers to overcrowded schools.