yeah

kill that

i'm be in evansdale

they also want to send middle schoolers to Tucker MS, 4 miles away instead of Henderson Mill MS, 1.8 miles away

wle

Time to enroll in private schools!!

if i'd wanted to do drive way farther and pay way more, i could have saved 150k on my house

wle

You know, I bought a house thinking my child would be attending Medlock Elementary...that didn't work out. Nor did we get moved to Laurel Ridge like most Medlock families. There is more to school than test scores. If you read the entire 114-page draft proposal, the shifts make a lot of sense.

Now, trying to push things through on an accelerated timetable is another issue entirely. That is unacceptable and I'm happy that there has been a shift to bring things down to a more reasonable pace.

After the last redistricting effort of the separate and individual Lakeside zone elementary school representatives, then corralled by Lakeside's leaders to form one effort--this is a story that deserves a lot of attention. Is this to relieve Lakeside overcrowding--or has another school been proposed to be added to Lakeside in what would amount to a trade? Won't adding a school to Tucker exceed its maximum?

Same thing is happening to us. Our home if the past 7 yes which we paid 40% more for than houses not far away with the same specs because it was in the better performing lakeside high district, will now lose a quick $100k off its value being thrown into tucker high zone. It's not enough that our homes have depreciated or failed to appreciate in value the past 5 years due to the economy, now our county school board wants to go ahead and cut our other hand off too? It also means another $15-$18k a year in private school which will be mandatory since no child should be put in a lower performing schooling the middle of their education, and for us, that would be Tucker high.. Thanks Dekalb County! 35 years living in your community, remind us to move to another county as soon as we can recover some of these losses you are causing us and get out of dodge. We are moving our company businesses too. This county has continued to fail us over and over with the absolute mess they have allowed in the public schools.

Once again, an article that is about Tucker isn't on the Tucker Patch.
It's interesting how Tucker HS can be so terrible yet have an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and a graduation rate that's 9.63 percentage points higher than Lakeside's (which is lower than average for the state).
http://www.11alive.com/rss/article/237465/3/High-school-graduation-rate-falls-to-67-percent

Baccalaureate whoopee= Liberal anti-American indoctrination. wow, they are successful.

Sounds like some people got swindled into thinking Lakeside was better. Interesting that the article says, "Don't move me..." Someone should tell these parents that it isn't about "them" it is about the kids. And what is best for the kids if for them to go to school with other kids in their own community. Sorry to tell you, but Evansdale is in Tucker and it is a better performing school.

"Doctor DeKalb
Larry, your wife is a Realtor. You should mention your interest in commenting here."

no, wrong person.
wle

evansdale is in tucker?
no, doraville zip code
it;s 5 miles to tucker from here
wle

closer to chamblee than tucker
wle