Atlanta Public Schools is grappling with a $135 million budget deficit. However, the way the school system has proposed fixing this has some Buckhead parents concerned.
The APS Forward 2040 Comprehensive Long Range Facilities Plan proposes to make sweeping changes to the entire district over the next 10 to 15 years. Currently, the district has a capacity for 70,000 students, but only about 50,000 are enrolled. (That number has stayed steady over the last 10 years, including pre- and post-pandemic.) APS has overcrowding issues, underutilized campuses, and aging facilities, and the school system is framing the proposal as a necessity for long-term sustainability for the district.
