Fulton County considers closing elementary school

The Fulton County School District is holding a public meeting at Roswell High School from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Monday to gather community feedback on a proposed attendance boundary change for Region C.

The proposal could result in the closure of Mimosa Elementary School on Warsaw Road and reassign roughly 600 students to either Vickery Elementary or Esther Jackson Elementary.

District officials said the changes are being considered to maximize the use of school facilities amid declining enrollment and underutilized buildings. Parents who spoke with CBS News Atlanta expressed mixed reactions to the plan. Some support the proposal if it leads to better educational opportunities for students, while others worry about the loss of a neighborhood school and the impact on families who walk their children to school.

“They either need to pump more money into it to have better education for the kids or close,” Evert Dillahunty said…

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