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DeKalb Schools offers plan to address overcrowding By CONNER EVANS newsroom@appenmediagroup.com
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Eagle Scout Emerson Doolittle presents a family with a wooden case for their flag commemorating their fallen loved one. The presentation was held at the Last Roll Call ceremony at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Atlanta.
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Each case is constructed of maple wood and glass. It took Doolittle and his troop members about 200 hours to finish all 30 cases, he said. He got the idea to make the flag cases from his sister, Taylor Doolittle, who volunteers at the VA Medical Center. Those at the center told him that they could use flag cases because they have so many families who can’t afford a display to honor their loved ones. Doolittle has been a scout since 6th grade and said it has been his lifelong dream to become an Eagle Scout.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — The chapel of the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center filled with families on hand to honor their fallen loved ones during the Last Roll Call ceremony July 23. Dunwoody Eagle Scout Emerson Doolittle, a rising senior at Dunwoody High School, did his part to help the VA Medical Center honor the families. For his Scout Project, Doolittle made @ @ @ Eagle @ @ @ 30 triangular flag cases for veterans’ 1 13/4/19 Page11 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 3/4/1911:16 11:16 AM AM Page @ @ families, @ 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout which he distributed personally 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 1 3/4/19 11:16 AM Page 11:16 1 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 1 3/4/19 AM Page 1 at@ the ceremony. See FLAGS, Page 4 @ @ @ @
expanded in the current plan. There will most likely be more trailers at the high school next fall, Drake said, and DUNWOODY, Ga. — Relief is coming, but Peachtree’s trailers will need work to remove water damage and add gutters. slowly, for overcrowded schools in DunExpanding the plot size of Dunwoody, and parents should expect more woody High School will not be feasible, trailers at Dunwoody High School before because of prohibitive land costs, permanent additions are constructed. Drake said. Representatives from DeKalb Austin Elementary is 80 percent County Schools presented construccomplete, Boyd said, and is still extion updates and an early outline for pected to be ready for January 2020. long-term overcrowding relief to the Mayor Dennis Shortal took issue Dunwoody City Council at its July 22 with the appearance of Austin Elementameeting. DeKalb County Schools Chief ry School, comparing the building with a Operations Officer Dan Drake and Destate prison he had seen in Omaha, Neb. sign and Construction Director Richard Boyd said that the large retaining Boyd reported the status on current wall at the school would be painted SPLOST projects, portable classroom eventually. projects and possible future additions. Kingsley Elementary will see an The presentation included preliminary overhaul expected to start in April 2021 plans for a new $34 million, 900-seat and complete November 2023 for $2.61 elementary school in the Chamblee million to replace large parts of the cluster to relieve overcrowding. building with an emphasis on HVAC The precise budget for many of the and site improvements. Elementary upcoming construction projects will schools throughout the county are in depend upon a $220-$250 million genthe worst shape compared with other eral obligation bond that could come types of schools, Drake said, so when through a March 2020 referendum. doing renovations it is best to tear them State Board of Education repredown and build them back up, rather sentatives were invited to attend the than just patch them together. council meeting, but did not come. But in the interim, these future Several permanent structures, construction plans were not satisfacincluding a 41-classroom addition tory to Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch. to Dunwoody High School and an “I implore you to come up with 18-classroom addition to Peachtree> > some out-of-the-box solutions for the Charter Middle School will >not be > > > completed until at earliest the fall of > > interim,” Deutsch said. “Simply adding > > > more and more trailers to any campus 2022 and the fall > of> 2023 > > respectively. > > There are no plans > > > fields > — not just the campuses in my com> for additional or a new gym at >the>high > > but > school, > > > the cafeteria and kitchen would be See SCHOOLS, Page 20 > >
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