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8 | Education Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News ► Education Briefs DEKALB SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT TO LEAVE IN 2020 DeKalb County School District Superintendent R. Stephen Green will resign from his position when his contract expires in 2020, the district announced May 24. The search for a new superintendent will begin in June. Green told the Board of Education last week that he would not seek a contract ex tension, “attributing his departure to personal reasons after thoughtful consideration with his family,” a press release said. He has served in the role since 2015, and during Inspiring people and imaginations through the kitchen Corporate Team Building Memorable Private Events Private Dining and Customized Menus ► Cooking Classes Plus... Kids Classes and Summer Camp Reserve a private or corporate event' info@yeschefatlanta.com 4969 Roswell Road (Belle Isle Square in Sandy Springs) 404-345-9610 Yeschefatlanta.com CULINARY EVENTS that time oversaw redistricting and the construction of new schools in Dunwoody and Broolchaven. His last day will be June 30,2020, according to the release. Green has faced tough questions from Dunwoody and Broolchaven parents about overcrowding, the use of trailers and poor conditions at some schools. The district also decided on a controversial location for the new Cross Keys High that the city of Broolchaven tried to reverse. FOUR SANDY SPRINGS STUDENTS RECEIVE DONNA MAHAFFEY SCHOLARSHIPS Four students at North Springs and Riverwood International charter high schools have received $2,500 scholarships from the Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Com merce’s Donna Mahaffey Scholarship Fund. The scholarships were awarded April 30 to two seniors at Riverwood, Celia Soriano- Cadenas and Katherine Hernandez, and two at North Springs, Stephanie Bullock and Destiny Adams. The Donna Mahaffey Scholarship Fund was established in 2015 by the Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber board to provide financial support to local female high school grad uates attending college. The scholarships were presented by Mercedes-Benz USA at its headquarters in Sandy Springs. DEKALB SCHOOLS BREAKS GROUND ON CROSS KEYS NORTH ELEMENTARY The DeKalb County School District broke ground on the new Cross Keys North Ele mentary in Doraville on May 21. The school is intended to relieve overcrowding in the Cross Keys cluster of schools, which serves Broolchaven. The 900-seat school at 3630 Shallowford Road is expected to open in 2020. The site was formerly the Shallowford Gardens apartment complex. The district paid $8.2 million in 2017 to buy the complex and demolish it, drawing criticism from the founder of Los Vecinos de Buford Highway, an organization supporting residents living along the corridor. DeKalb Schools has said Cross Keys North Elementary is needed to alleviate over crowding at the elementary schools in the cluster. The new elementary school is expected to primarily address overcrowding at Dres den Elementary in Chamblee and Cary Reynolds Elementary in Doraville, which both have needed to use “portable classrooms,” or trailers, to have room for all the students. O SOME EXCLUSIONS APPLY