Are New APS Redistricting Plans Good for Midtown?

The Atlanta public school system released its two redistricting options late Friday afternoon.

A series of public hearings will be held next week at different locations in metro Atlanta, including at 6:30 p.m. at Jackson High School.

Some local residents were relieved in seeing the proposals, especially parents of students who attend and .

Students from Midtown, Poncey-Highland, Virginia-Highland and Morningside will remain in the cluster and will attend and Grady High, according to the two proposals. 

Original proposals and formed a primary learning center with Springdale Park and Hope Elementary School in Old Fourth Ward.

"I am cautiously optimistic," Springdale Park parent Nicole Foerschler Horn said. "I’m concerned that there’s not a SPARK expansion in these options and that one of the proposals continues to promote the split primary model for our adjacent neighborhood."

in Home Park would be rezoned to the new North Atlanta High School in both proposals.

Although the neighborhood would be moved out of the desirable Grady High School cluster, it could be a better outcome than some homeowners . Several school officials and Home Park residents said the original proposals would have been to Centennial Place and could placed Home Park in "."

More information about the APS redistricting is online.