Patch Poll: What Is Best Plan for New Buckhead Elementary School?

The APS' SPLOST IV package approved last week includes $30 million for a new Buckhead elementary school.

But Buckhead school observers say construction of a new school is not necessarily definite. A long-awaited APS demographics study will determine whether a new school is a feasible option to handle Buckhead's population over the next 10 years. Although schools like and are at present severely overcrowded, school officials could decide that growth will slow in the future and that renovating existing schools would be the best solution.

believes that if a new school is constructed, serving the entire Buckhead area, rather than establishing it as a separate district, requiring redistricting.

This Buckhead Patch poll seeks your thoughts on the new Buckhead elementary school. Along with your participation in the poll, your comments are welcome.