DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The DeKalb County Schools District outlined the next phase of community engagement in its proposed redistricting plan during a press conference on Friday morning.
Leaders highlighted how community feedback from Round One helped shape the updated scenarios and will explain its ongoing work to address school building utilization, including overcrowding and under-enrollment.
School leaders released what they called ‘initial scenarios’ in February 2026, which proposed closing nearly 30 schools due to low-enrollment. The ‘initial scenarios’ were released to show parents their potential redistricting plans, which were the result of the Student Assignment Project (SAP) process. The district has been a part of this process for nearly two years. SAP consists of an evaluation of their buildings, boundaires and programs with about 140 district stakeholder contributors representing the geography of DeKalb County…