MANA Spring Clean-up [Apr 27]

Flyer by Emily Mann, MANA Social Coordinator

Former Board of Education members request reinstatement

The AJC reports that four of the six DeKalb County Schools board members removed from duty by Governor Deal have requested reinstatement. As to the two who have not,

... Nancy Jester of Dunwoody, said she will not be petitioning. The other, former board Chairman Eugene Walker, could not be reached for comment. He is following another path that could lead to reinstatement: a lawsuit before the Georgia Supreme Court. ... The petitioning board members will next face an administrative law judge. The governor must wait at least 30 days after Friday to hold the hearing. Deal said if a petition reaches his desk, he won’t instinctively rule it out. Read the whole article @ AJC

Per comments made by Mark Elgart, president and CEO of AdvancED (which includes the Council on Accreditation and School Improvement: Commissions on Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools), "the district had begun to address some concerns and likely wouldn’t lose accreditation at the end of the year, even if it remained on probation."

Neighborhood Watch meeting notes

Most excellent notes from last night's neighborhood watch meeting, via Dawn Forman @ Laurel Ridge:

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Good Evening Everybody!!

Tonight we had a community neighborhood watch meeting. I wanted to thank everyone that came out, as well as let you know the information that we learned from Major Ellison, our new police major Mr. Fowler, our new community education coordinator, and the police detectives and officers present at the meeting.  I also want to thank Chick-fil-a for donating a large tray of chicken nuggets for tonight's meeting. Please take a few minutes to read this email.

I am going to do bullet points, as that is how I took notes:

Reminder! Neighborhood Watch meeting tonight [Apr 24]

Neighborhood Watch Meeting will take place onWed April 24th at the North Decatur Presbyterian Church (611 Medlock Rd.), 7:00 pm. 

Major Tracy from Deklab will be on hand to answer questions. 

Please send your questions in advance to manawatch@gmail.com in case he needs to do any research to get the answers.

Cityhood proposals: a word from the sponsors [May 6]

Via http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/lawmakers-to-meet-on-cityhood-bills/nXSkR/:

State lawmakers from DeKalb County who have proposed new city bills will hold an informational meeting on the efforts in May. 

Issues to be discussed include options of forming cities and annexing into existing cities as well as how to get involved in the efforts. 

The meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. May 6 at Clairmont Hills Baptist Church, at the corner of Clairmont and North Druid Hills roads.  | map |

DeKalb County Urban Redevelopment [Apr 24]

DeKalb County will hold a public hearing on April 24, 2013 to expand the boundaries of the DeKalb County Urban Redevelopment Area and amend the DeKalb County Urban Redevelopment Plan. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Manuel J. Maloof Center Auditorium, 1300 Commerce DriveDecatur, GA 30030.

The plan is available at: http://dekalbcountyurp.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/urban_redevelopment_plan-for-web-sl.pdf

My God, it's full of stars!

The humble dandelion gets a Photoshop makeover.