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Sandy Springers concerned decision has been rushed By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A stone’s throw north of I-285, some 400 Sandy Springs community members gathered off Raider Drive Oct. 7 to fight the closure of Spalding Drive Elementary School. Three new potential attendance zone maps for the Sandy Springs region will be unveiled to the community at the second public meeting Nov. 4 based off feedback received during the first round of input. When Fulton County Schools makes a recommendation to close an existing facility, it triggers a redistricting of all the region’s schools. District staff announced a recommendation to close Spalding Drive Elementary in Sandy Springs during a Sept. 10 Board of Education work session, as well as shuttering Parklane Elementary in East Point. If Spalding Drive were to close, the redistricting process in Sandy Springs would encompass the city’s seven elementary schools feeding into Riverwood or North Springs High schools. Parents say they believe the decision was made hastily and without warning, and some are demanding more time to save their school and prevent 349 students from starting the 2025-26 school year somewhere else. The school district’s logo includes the slogan, “where students come first,” but some parents at the first public meeting for redistricting are skeptical of that reality.
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The Sandy Springs community listens and takes notes during the first public meeting for redistricting of the city’s elementary schools Oct. 7 at Riverwood High School. Fulton County Schools staff estimated around 400 people attended the meeting, which became tense after presentations concluded.
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