Inman Middle Crowding Needs to be Solved Quickly, Superintendent Says
Superintendent Erroll Davis suggests moving some students to an unused school building in the Old Fourth Ward.
Maybe we need to build a new middle school to relieve overcrowding at Inman Middle School. Or maybe we should house 6th or 8th-graders in a separate academy, possibly located in the Old Fourth Ward. This is what Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr. told a task force on Tuesday morning at a packed meeting at Inman Middle School. “I don’t need consensus on anything. I don’t need votes. I need your best thinking,” the superintendent told the task force. More than 60 parents turned out for the meeting, sitting on the floor when they ran out of chairs. But questions and discussion were limited to the task force members – about 20 in attendance. Davis suggested that an academy could be housed in an annex close to the …
Ann Jones
10:12 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
ken - the boarding school comment was in reference to APS inability to efficiently transport our kids (not how fast I drive). We currently live 1.5 miles away, and it's a 1 hour bus ride. We're 4 miles to the new school, so based on APS history, that means a 4 hour bus ride (one-way)--hence the comment. Pure sarcasm - and directed at APS... more ›