Mountain Park Elementary, Georgia

This article is about Mountain Park Elementary School in Georgia. For Mountain Park Elementary School in New Jersey, see Mountain Park Elementary, New Jersey.

Mountain Park Elementary
Established	1973
Type	Public school
Principal	Stacy Perlman
Students	807
Grades	K-5
Location	11895 Mountain Park Road, Roswell, Georgia, USA
Colors	Blue and Yellow
Mascot	Mustangs
Website	www.mpes.org/

Mountain Park Elementary School is a Public school in Roswell, Georgia, part of the Fulton County School System. Mountain Park opened in August 1973, with 250 students in first through seventh grades. Now the school houses approximately 800 students in kindergarten through grade five. Students move on to Crabapple Middle School, then to Roswell High School. Mountain Park Elementary was named after the town it is just outside of Mountain Park.

Awards

Mountain Park Elementary has won multiple awards since 1973. A few of the more recent awards include:
2008 - Roswell Environmental School of the Year^[1]
2003 - NCLB National Blue Ribbon School^[2]
2001 - Georgia School of Excellence

Expansion

To accommodate the growing number of students in the area, the Fulton County School System began construction on a new two-floor wing addition with classrooms to Mountain Park.^[3] The expansion along with expansions at other North Fulton County schools is to keep from redistricting for new schools, specifically because of Birmingham Highway Elementary School.^[4] The expansion is expected to be finished in August 2009 and will be open for the 2009-2010 school year.^{[dated info]} In addition to the classroom expansion a new parking lot was added to the western corner of the campus to replace a parking lot where the expansion now sits.

References

1. ^ Estes, Andy (June 2008). "Mountain Park Elementary Named Environmental School of the Year". Around Town: Roswell magazine (Around Town Publishing): pp. 44. http://www.aroundroswell.com/full/2008/6. Retrieved 2009-07-03. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 Through 2007". ed.gov (U.S. Department of Education): pp. 8. 2009-01-26. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
3. ^ "Birmingham Highway Elementary Site: Attendance Zone Redistricting". Fulton County Schools Redistricting site. 2009-01-22. http://www.fultonschools.org/redistricting/bham.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-03. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Gray, Caroline (2008-12-16). "Hundreds attend redistricting meeting". Roswell/Alpharetta Neighbor (Neighborhood Newspapers). http://www.neighbornewspapers.com/detail/144192.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=mountain+park+elementary&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=&town_id=&page=. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 

External links

• Mountain Park Elementary
• Fulton County Schools

Coordinates: 34°04′15″N 84°24′17″W / 34.07086°N 84.40470°W / 34.07086; -84.40470