Tuesday, January 25, 2011

United Commununity--Lakeside Says No Need to Change District--not Overcrowded

DCSS ignores its own rules and transfer students


By Tom Doolittle

http://dekalbschoolwatch.blogspot.com/2011/01/css-fixing-something-that-isnt-broken.html

The Lakeside High School zone is not overcrowded according to community school advocates and no schools are being closed; but traditional neighborhoods are slated to be removed from four elementary schools for the first time since the last school was built 40 years ago. (Neighborhoods were added to other schools when Heritage Elementary was closed as a feeder in the mid-1980s.) Lakeside area advocates want to know why DCSS is trying to “fix something that isn’t broken”. Not only that, but they say DCSS “can have its cake and eat it too”, by continuing to serve students from outside of the school zone.
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Varsity Academic Team Wins Again--Quarter Finals Next

Varsity Academic Team Wins Again!

Lakeside's Varsity Academic team won the second round of WSB-TV's High Q on Tuesday, December 14th, beating Ola High School of Henry County by 500 to 335 points. The program aired on January 2, 2011.
The team now progresses to the final eight on February 15, 2011.