Monday, February 01, 2010
The
Children’s School in Midtown receives passing grade for expansion under
compromise proposal
ATLANTA
– The Atlanta City Council unanimously approved a special use permit that will
allow for the expansion of The Children’s School in Midtown.
The
school, located at
321 10th Street
opposite
Piedmont
Park
, submitted an application to the City Planning Department for a special use
building permit in March, 2007. The
permit would allow the school to expand its campus and update the
school’s master plan.
“After
several months of dialogue, collectively we were able to work out a compromise,
which included the school capping its enrollment at 450 students,” said
District 6 City Council member Anne Fauver, who represents the area and
spearheaded the compromise. The school currently has 425 students.
The Council today approved granting the school a special use permit (Legislative Reference # 07-O-0637) by a vote of 14 to 0.
Fauver
said as part of the compromise school officials also agreed not to develop one
of two parcels of land it owns located at the edge of its campus and
adjacent to a single family home.
Suggestions
from residents who were previously opposed to the expansion were incorporated
into The Children’s School new master plan and school officials hired a
traffic-engineering firm that recommended a staggered dismissal of students.
The school agreed to implement the split dismissal plan to relieve traffic
congestion and considerably shorten the carpool queue.
The Children’s
School has been at this location since 1972.
“It is a well-respected Midtown Atlanta institution that continues to be
successful due to the enthusiasm and cooperation of the entire school community.
This cooperation exists on every level from students to teachers, staff,
administrators, and the school’s neighbors. We should continue this
cooperation for the sake of our children and their future,” Fauver said.
The above legislation and
a complete list of other items on the council’s agenda can be viewed in their
entirety on the
Web
at:
http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/2007/Fca820.htm
All adopted legislative items and any amendments to those items or
substitute papers can be viewed at: http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/Captions/default.asp
City council minutes can be viewed at: http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/minutes2.htm
Live video or archived video of the Atlanta City Council can be viewed at:
http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/video.htm