Fulton Draft Proposes Closing Mimosa Elementary, Redrawing Roswell Zones

Fulton County Schools’ first draft for North Fulton elementary schools proposes closing Mimosa Elementary and dividing its attendance area between Vickery Mill and Esther Jackson elementary schools.

The proposal marks a major change from September, when the district began reviewing four underused campuses but had not identified one for closure. The new Region C elementary proposal treats Mimosa as closed beginning with its 2028-29 enrollment projections. No closure or boundary change has received School Board approval.

Four attendance areas would move

The draft would move one area from Vickery Mill to Hembree Springs and another from Mimosa to Vickery Mill. Two other areas would shift to Esther Jackson, one from Vickery Mill and the other from Mimosa.

Vickery Mill would gain an estimated 248 students under the proposed boundaries, including 312 from the current Mimosa zone before accounting for students moving out of its existing zone. Esther Jackson would gain 122, while Hembree Springs would gain 13.

School	Current enrollment	Building capacity	Proposed 2030-31 enrollment
Esther Jackson	479	925	654
Hembree Springs	532	850	576
Mimosa	493	1,000	Closed
Vickery Mill	309	850	524

The four schools currently enroll 1,813 students in buildings with a combined capacity for 3,625, or 50% utilization. Under the proposal, the three remaining schools would enroll an estimated 1,754 students by 2030-31 and use about 67% of their combined capacity.

Mimosa’s closure would also remove the school from the Haynes Bridge Middle feeder pattern. Vickery Mill would stop sending students to Holcomb Bridge Middle, reducing its middle-school feeder pattern from three elementary schools to two.

A closure is proposed, not decided

When North Atlanta Star first covered the review, Mimosa was among the campuses being studied, but the district had not proposed closing a specific school. The draft now gives families a concrete option to respond to, while leaving the final decision to the School Board.

The district’s community forum runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, in the Roswell High School gym at 11595 King Road. An online presentation and feedback survey are scheduled for Tuesday.

A revised elementary proposal is expected Dec. 14, followed by a board recommendation in January and final action scheduled for Feb. 25, 2027.

Until a final decision is made, Mimosa remains open and current attendance assignments remain in place. Families have an opportunity tonight, and again during the December review, to weigh in on a plan that could change where hundreds of Roswell children attend elementary school.