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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Parents urged to attend Thursday's Grady State-of-the-Cluster meeting

Atlanta Public Schools’ Superintendent Erroll B. Davis is expected to attend and discuss middle school capacity issues.

At the start of the school year, Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr. delivered a state-of-the-district address that outlined the challenges and work the system faced. Now, school principals will hold their own forums to provide an update on the state of the schools in each cluster. APS leaders in the East cluster will discuss the academic offerings in the schools and answer questions at a Feb. 7 meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Grady High School. One of the hot topics among parents in East Atlanta Patch, is the status of a sixth grade academy to relieve overcrowding at Inman Middle School. Inman pulls students from Mary Lin Elementary in Candler Park and Hope-Hill Elementary in Old Fourth Ward, as well as schools in…

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Inman Middle Crowding Needs to be Solved Quickly, Superintendent Says, Henry W. Grady High School (in Midtown Patch), Mary Lin Elementary School, and 1 more ›

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Hunt Archbold

10:41 am on Friday, February 8, 2013

It did Ed, see some coverage here: http://patch.com/A-1KGC   more ›

Monday, October 29, 2012

Inman Middle Overcrowding Task Force To Meet Oct. 30

Group expected to give final recommendations on relieving overcrowding at Inman Middle School soon.

A task force charged with coming up with recommendations to relieve overcrowding at Inman Middle School is expected to give their recommendations to Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr. soon. Davis, speaking to a group of parents in the Grady High cluster of schools, made his remarks last week at a meeting of the Council of Intown Neighborhoods and Schools. The task force, which is scheduled to meet for the eighth time Oct. 30, is looking at several alternatives such as a standalone sixth grade or eighth grade academy to relieve Inman Middle's capacity issues. This school year, Inman Middle is projected to have 1,034 students, which is 118 percent of its capacity. By 2021, the school is expected to be at 158 percent of…

MDR

9:37 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012

APS should purchase the YWCA building on highland and make it a sixth grade academy; keeps the kids in the neighborhood within close proximity of the main campus.   more ›

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