ates ▁is ▁served ▁by ▁the ▁De K al b ▁County ▁School ▁System . ▁ ▁Av ond ale ▁Element ary ▁School ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁limits . ▁Dru id ▁Hills ▁Middle ▁School , ▁and ▁Dru id ▁Hills ▁High ▁School ▁serve ▁the ▁community . ▁ ▁Av ond ale ▁Middle ▁School ▁and ▁Av ond ale ▁High ▁School , ▁formerly ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁limits ▁and ▁serving ▁the ▁city , ▁closed ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁and ▁the ▁students ▁were ▁distributed ▁to ▁neighbor ing ▁schools . ▁The ▁campus ▁is ▁now ▁used ▁exclus ively ▁by ▁the ▁magnet ▁school ▁De K al b ▁School ▁of ▁the ▁Arts . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁local ▁parents ▁began ▁organ izing ▁formal ▁efforts ▁through ▁the ▁Av ond ale ▁Education ▁Association , ▁a ▁local ▁grass - ro ots ▁non - pro fit ▁organization ▁that ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁char ter ▁school ▁that ▁would ▁achieve ▁the ▁standards ▁required ▁by ▁law , ▁while ▁establish ing ▁an ▁elementary ▁school ▁that ▁reflected ▁the ▁values ▁of ▁the ▁community . ▁ ▁Their ▁proposal ▁was ▁initially ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁De kal b ▁County ▁School ▁Board , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁subsequently ▁selected ▁by ▁the ▁Georgia ▁Char ter ▁School s ▁Commission ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁a ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁schools ▁to ▁be ▁char tered ▁directly ▁by ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁Georgia . ▁The ▁school , ▁Museum ▁School ▁of ▁Av ond ale ▁Est ates , ▁opened ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁and ▁Av ond ale