Facing declining enrollment and thousands of empty classroom seats, the DeKalb County School District could close or repurpose more than two dozen elementary schools in the coming years.
District staff, a committee of 150 community members and a consulting firm have been working for almost two years to figure out a road map for the future of the state’s third-largest school system.
In an initial plan revealed late Wednesday, three high schools would be converted to middle schools, five middle schools would be converted to elementary schools and 27 schools would close or be repurposed…