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School Board Votes to Close Medlock Elementary, Pulls Back on Redistricting

While Medlock may be closing, the board reduced some of the attendance zone changes that angered parents at several locals schools.

For parents in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area, the DeKalb County Board of Education's Monday vote on school redistricting and closures was a mixed bag.

If you've got children at , the board delivered a big serving of bad news – the school will close this summer.

But some parents at other local elementary schools got what they've been asking for over the last several weeks. The 70 students headed to under interim Superintendent Ramona Tyson's plan released last month will stay at Laurel Ridge.

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Eight students from Sagamore Hills Elementary School whose vocal parents attended Monday's board meeting will also be staying at their school. A large chunk of students who live more than a mile from Sagamore Hills Elementary, however, will be forced to attend Briar Vista Elementary School.

Also, a chunk of Medlock Elementary students who were headed to Avondale Elementary School under Tyson's plan will now go to Laurel Ridge. Those are students who live in Medlock's zone south of North Decatur Road and west of Wynn Way.

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