Estates. Government The city is governed by a mayor and a board of commissioners. Avondale Estates also has a city manager and other administrative positions. The city uses the DeKalb County Fire Service for fire and EMS calls, but provides its own police service. The Avondale Estates Police Department (AEPD) has approximately 15 members providing around the clock coverage. Officers drive Dodge Chargers equipped with PIT bumpers, LED lights, in-car computers with e-tickets, and digital video cameras. City Court is held multiple times a month. The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice has its headquarters in Avondale Estates. The United States Postal Service operates the Avondale Estates Post Office. Education Avondale Estates is served by the DeKalb County School System. Avondale Elementary School is in the city limits. Druid Hills Middle School, and Druid Hills High School serve the community. Avondale Middle School and Avondale High School, formerly adjacent to the city limits and serving the city, closed at the end of May 2011, and the students were distributed to neighboring schools. The campus is now used exclusively by the magnet school DeKalb School of the Arts. In 2008, local parents began organizing formal efforts through the Avondale Education Association, a local grass-roots non-profit organization that was founded in October 2003, to create a charter school that would achieve the standards required by law, while establishing an elementary school that reflected the values of the community. Their proposal was initially rejected by the Dekalb County School Board, but it was subsequently selected by the Georgia Charter Schools Commission as one of a small number of schools to be chartered directly by the State of Georgia. The school, Museum School of Avondale Estates, opened in 2010, and Avondale Estates therefore lies within its attendance zone. The Museum School admissions are accepted through a lottery. References External links City of Avondale Estates official website Museum School of Avondale Estates Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in DeKalb County, Georgia Cities in the Atlanta metropolitan area Populated places established in 1924 1924 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)