Dalton School Board Say They Are Reviewing Options To Deal With Middle and High School Overcrowding

Steve Laird, school Board Member,"We had a study group put together and we have been looking at all of the different possibilities that we could, we involved about 30 to 40 members of the community so we got a broad section and with a broad section you get a lot of good ideas and a lot of good input"

The cost could reach into the dozens of millions of dollars and members say choosing whether or not to expand current facilities or reduce class sizes are some of their biggest concerns.

Board members say Morris Innovative High School behind me is also need of extra support over the coming years and they want to get the ball rolling as soon as early next year.

"We are going to look at some expansion we are going to have to figure out what we are doing with the overcrowded situation in the middle school, we also need to address the high school and Morris to come up with the best answer"

Laird said he is proud of the efforts thus far and believes the board are all on the same page and want change before the problem gets further out of hand.

Dalton parent and member of City Park PTO Ty Ross believes everyone involved will pull together and come up with an answer.

"Coming out of the great depression, double digit unemployment, it might be that we have to come up with a non traditional solution that best utilizes existing square footage"]

Dalton High School is also now inside the top 100 in the state due to overcrowding.

Ty Ross of City Park School says expanding in East Dalton could be an option or refurbishing older buildings.