Sarah Rawson Smith Elementary has enjoyed a stellar reputation in Buckhead as being among the best elementary schools, and property values have reflected that.  So now with the Atlanta Public School Systems recent Demographic Study proposing 4 options to optimize its school enrollment, home owners, parents and students are certainly taking notice to see how the new change will effect them.

Currently, the northern half (approximately) of the Pine Hills neighborhood is districted to attend Sarah R. Smith Elementary.  All four of the original proposed options have that northern section of Pine Hills  redistricted to Garden Hills Elementary.  These are the only apparent changes to the Sarah Smith Elementary School boundaries, but are sure to upset those living in that section of Pine Hills that got to go to Sarah Smith.

To see how all four options look and differ on a map, check out this really cool interactive map that a member of the community (I wish I knew their name to recognize them) took the time to put together.  This map allows you to see the current school boundaries for all of the APS elementary schools and how that map will look if each with each of the 4 proposed options from the Demographers is implemented.  Go to the APS Demographic Study page to see the “Official” maps, but keep in mind that these are just proposals and the committee will bring two or three new options before the public next week between January 30th and February 2nd based on the feedback of many, so all of this will likely look different then.

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