SAP Facts

Committee applicants will be selected by a team of DCSD staff. The team will review applications anonymously (applicants names will be removed) and rate their responses based on a rubric.

There will be four committees, but we will meet three times as a committee of the whole:

  • North (Dunwoody, Chamblee, CrossKeys, and Lakeside Clusters)
  • Central (Druid Hills, Clarkston, Tucker, and St. Mountain Clusters)
  • Southwest (Cedar Grove, Columbia, McNair, Towers, and Southwest DeKalb Clusters)
  • Southeast (Lithonia, Martin Luther King Jr., Miller Grove, Redan, and Stephenson Clusters)

SAP will take into account all stakeholders’ voices. We will not create recommendations based on the loudest voices.

Committees will use DCSD data, community and stakeholder feedback, and a decision-making tool to produce recommendations to boundaries, programs, and buildings.

Committee meetings will be held once a month and shared publicly.

deiWe will create recommendations that center and support our most marginalized students (EL, IEP, 504, and students who need additional support).
We will reimagine DeKalb for all students in our district because everyone deserves a quality education.
We will review specific boundary lines that are deemed racially or economically inequitable.

.

programmingThe committee will review all school choice programs, their requirements, and the application process.

We will review where school choice programs are placed throughout the district and if their placement is equitable a meeting the needs of the community.

DeKalb currently offers over 50 programs under the following categories:

  • Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE)
  • Special Interest Magnet
  • High Achievers Magnet
  • Theme
  • Early Learning
  • International Baccalaureate (IB)
  • Dual Language Immersion (DLI)
  • Montessori
best practicesSchool districts should review boundary lines every five years and complete the student assignment process every ten years, as this is best practice.

Furthermore, DCSD’s process will align with the ESPLOST funding cycle to ensure collective voices are included in funding prioritization.

The SAP committee is not a decision-making body. They use data and community input to develop recommendations for the superintendent and the board to review and vote on.

  • SAP will measure everything against the project’s vision and priorities, which were developed in partnership with the community, superintendent, and board.
  • All preliminary recommendations will be shared with the most impacted communities for feedback before they become a final recommendation. 
  • All preliminary and final recommendations will be developed using a decision-making process and scored using a priority rubric. 

The committee is an advisory body that triangulates and measures data against community feedback (qualitative data) and the District’s priorities.