Column: East Lake’s Drew Charter education dream becoming reality

By Maria Saporta Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Friday, January 18, 2013 The East Lake community is close to realizing its dream of offering top-quality education from cradle to college. On Jan. 15, Gov. Nathan Deal joined other dignitaries to break ground on the new Drew Charter School Senior Academy at the Charlie Yates Campus in East Lake. The academy will permit Drew to teach students through high school. Currently, the Drew Charter School serves nearly 1,000 students from pre-K through 8th grade.